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Police chief: Player was laughing and joking, then collapsed
AMITE, La. – A Louisiana high school sophomore has died after a football practice held late to avoid summer heat.
Amite Police Chief Jerry Trabonna tells news outlets that 15-year-old Terrance Allen was laughing and joking with teammates when he collapsed in the locker room about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
He says officers and firefighters began CPR as soon as they arrived at Amite High Magnet School, but Allen died at a hospital about 9:40 p.m.
Police tell WBRZ-TV that Allen had no known medical problems.
WVUE-TV reports that the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office was to perform an autopsy Thursday to determine a cause of death.
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