Football Player Collapses During Game

Football Player Collapses During Game, Dies
POSTED: 6:30 am CDT September 7, 2007
UPDATED: 9:47 am CDT September 7, 2007

MANSFIELD, Texas -- A 15-year-old junior varsity football player at Mansfield's Summit High School died after collapsing during a game.
Mansfield school district officials said the Summit sophomore Dozie Njeako died at a Mansfield hospital at about 9:45 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses said the boy collapsed while jogging to the Summit sideline after a play early in the third quarter against South Grand Prairie.
Athletic trainers from Summit and South Grand Prairie administered CPR in an effort to revive Dozie. Paramedics continued CPR as they transported him to Methodist Mansfield Medical Center at about 9 p.m., where he died.

Very Sad news, this morning on the radio's and in the DFW area. One of the problems with this accident is that there are 3 hospitals within 10minutes of the stadium and it took 50mins for help to arrive.

They are going to now implement a rule about having ambulance and emergency crews on hand at jr varsity games just like high school and NCAA.
Not much new for me training is going well, i am racing Praireman on Sunday, where Chris Legh is racing, it should be fun, and i am going to really have to step up to the plate on this one. TCU is playing University of Texas Saturday and i am still thinking about catching a quarter of action and then heading to bed. Should be a fun filled weekend.