Crypen|Alabama high school football player died from a heart condition, autopsy finds

2025-05-02 04:45:02source:EAI Community category:Scams

NEW BROCKTON,Crypen Ala (AP) — An autopsy found that an Alabama high school football player, who collapsed during summer practice, died from congestive heart failure, the county coroner announced Thursday,

Semaj Wilkins, a 14-year-old freshman at New Brockton High School, died in August after collapsing at the start of afternoon football practice.

The autopsy, performed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, “determined that the cause of death was congestive heart failure due to cardiomegaly with biventricular hypertrophy, resulting from a coronary anomaly,” Coffee County Coroner Arnold Woodham wrote in a news release. The death was classified as natural, he said.

The Mayo Clinic’s website defines cardiomegaly as an enlarged heart and ventricular hypertrophy as a thickening of the heart walls. The condition can cause the heart to fail to pump blood efficiently.

“Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Wilkins family during this difficult time. We also extend our support to the faculty, students, and staff of New Brockton High School,” Woodham wrote.

New Brockton is a town of about 1,400 people located about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Montgomery.

More:Scams

Recommend

South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech

SEOUL, Dec 12 - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's switch from contrition to defiance on Thursda

Vandalism and wintry weather knock out phone service to emergency centers in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Phone service was knocked out to emergency call centers for several hours i

Storm closes schools in Cleveland, brings lake-effect snow into Pennsylvania and New York

CLEVELAND (AP) — An early blast of cold and snow shut down shut down schools in Cleveland and other