A New Jersey high school football player who suffered an injury on the field that sent him to the hospital died from an internal bleeding from a lacerated spleen, according to the autopsy.
Warren Hills Regional High School quarterback Evan Murray died Friday night after being tackled in a game earlier in the evening.
The 17-year-old felt 'woozy' after the hit but reportedly tried reassuring his teammates he would be fine as he was taken away by ambulance around halftime.
The community that called him a 'hometown hero' is continuing mourning the sudden death, which medical examiners have called accidental
'He tried giving a thumbs-up to the rest of the team, and all of us cheered,' Kaitlin Bell, 16, a junior varsity cheerleader at Warren Hills High School, told the New York Daily News.
'Our coach was telling us he was going to be alright,' she said through tears. 'We didn't expect anything would happen.
'Murray was hit in the backfield, but was able to get to the sideline, where he later collapsed.
The autopsy released Monday said that Murray had an enlarged spleen that made him susceptible to injury.
Medical examiners said that he had no underlying heart condition or head trauma.
Teammates of Murray said that he had taken several hits during the course of the game before the one that sent him to the hospital where he later died.
source: dailymailuk
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