13-year-old boy dies in hockey accident in Charles County

[mahatmakanejeeves]

My guess is that the boy experienced commotio cordis. It gets a few lacrosse players every year and the occasional baseball player.

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13-year-old boy dies in hockey accident in Charles County

Rick Massimo

August 21, 2020, 3:01 PM

A 13-year-old boy died after being hit by a puck during hockey practice in Waldorf, Maryland, on Monday.

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Friday that officers and paramedics were called to the Capital Clubhouse at about 10:30 a.m.

The boy, whom they did not identify other than saying he lived in Carroll County, had been hit in the upper body by a puck, and was unresponsive and not breathing, the sheriff’s office said.

The boy was taken to Children’s National Hospital, in D.C. He was put on life support and died several hours later.

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[Karadeniz]

1. Poor family...

[Bev54]

2. This is so sad for the family.

It has happened before in both youngsters and young adults as well. I live in Canada and while it is not often, it has happened before and it has always been an underlying condition and had nothing to do with the sport.