High school football player dies after being hurt in game

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey high school star quarterback died after suffering an injury on the field, school officials said Saturday.

Three-sport athlete Evan Murray of Warren Hills Regional High School died after he was hurt in a game against Summit High School on Friday night. Murray had been the football team's starting quarterback for three years.

A statement from interim Superintendent Gary Bowen said the school community is "deeply saddened" by his death. Bowen declined to take questions from reporters Saturday, saying a cause of death has not yet been determined. Authorities said an autopsy was planned.

People who attended the game said the 17-year-old Murray walked off the field under his own power after taking a hit in the backfield late in the second quarter. A short time later, he apparently collapsed.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/09dbfc49719a41ed8a14ab76140bb6c3/high-school-football-player-dies-after-being-hurt-game

[williesgirl]

1. My heart aches for his family and friends.

[gvstn]

6. Thanks for this. My thoughts exactly.

[Doctor_J]

2. there was one three weeks ago too

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/05/us/louisiana-football-injury-death/

[Plucketeer]

3. There's a LUST fror violence in our culture

Just look at all the cage-fighting and boxing worship.

I'll even go so far as to say that Trump is a symptom of that violence worship. It's all about beating your opponents with physical force and bellicose bravado.

I have a grandson who survived high school football and I'm thankful he wasn't good enough to get to college on his gridiron skills.

[YOHABLO]

4. Sacrificing our children for the pleasure of entertainment. I will guess it was a head injury?

It's just not worth it. However we live in a society where men are suppose to be ''tough'' and to walk it off. There should have been immediate attention for that player.

[Doctor Who]

5. Could be a ruptured spleen.

Same thing happened to my brother in college. He was lucky to get to the hospital in time, had surgery and recovered. My thoughts go out to his parents / family.

[AngryAmish]

7. No fatal injuries in high school golf this year.

[sudenlyseymour]

8. How Horrible. How Horrible for the family and friends.

That is so sad for the family of that kid. Sounds like he had a bright future.

I wonder if he was one of those kids with an undiagnosed heart problem (the link doesn't say what caused his death). I think we've all read stories about that where this type of thing has happened in the past.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. My wife, as we passed by a kids (7-9 yr olds) football game today

"I can't believe parents still let their kids play football."

For real.

[cyberswede]

12. What the actual fuck?

i hope your wife dies in a fire

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Just woke up to see that

Oy vey.

Touchy touchy some people!

[Psephos]

11. More teens died taking selfies than playing football last year.

Way more died in accidents at swimming pools. A sense of risk proportionality is a sign of critical thinking.

White light to the family. Sad news indeed.

[bottomofthehill]

13. Close to 1000 people per year die riding bikes

There are nearly 500000 ER visits due to bike crashes. We as a society need to stop riding bikes. kids are safer on the football field

[MannyGoldstein]

14. Commotio cordis, possibly

Getying hit in the chest at the wrong moment in the cardiac cycle. Causes the heart to go into cardiac arrest.

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. They said he walked off the field though

I'm thinking internal bleeding from a ruptured spleen is more likely.

[ileus]

15. My sons team lost 14-19 yesterday...

[packman]

17. Anytime you see your children go out into the world - you worry

From walking, to exploring the back yard, to riding a bike, to going to school, to learning to drive. It's a parents joy and burden. Heartbreaking news, but life is life and it holds all sorts of strange twists and turns. Condolences to his parents.

[shenmue]

18. ...

[Doctor_J]

20. No update yet on-line. Autopsy was supposed to be yesterday

[Eugene]

21. New Jersey high school football player died from lacerated spleen

Source: Reuters

US | Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:55pm EDT

New Jersey high school football player died from lacerated spleen

NEW YORK | BY DANIEL BASES

A New Jersey high school football player's death on Saturday was the result of massive internal bleeding from a lacerated spleen, the medical examiner said in a statement on Monday.

The autopsy showed Evan Murray, the quarterback of the Warren Hills Regional High School, had an abnormally large spleen, thereby making it more susceptible to injury.

"The autopsy determined that the cause of death was massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage (massive internal bleeding) due to a laceration of the spleen," Morris County, New Jersey Medical Examiner Dr. Ronald Suarez said in a statement published by local media.

Suarez said there was no evidence of head trauma or heart disease and ruled the death accidental.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/28/us-usa-new-jersey-football-idUSKCN0RS2P920150928

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. I don't think we are ever going to get guys to give up football.

I just don't see that happening. But I wish there was a way to make it safer.

And I wish that schools pushed the arts as hard as they do sports. But that's not going to happen, either.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. UPDATE - cause of death

He died of internal bleeding from a lacerated spleen.