A Florida high school football player is dead after he collapsed during his school’s game Friday.
Chance Gainer, a senior at Port St. Joe High School in Florida’s panhandle, is the seventh high school athlete to die this school year.
According to Gulf District Schools Superintendent Jim Norton, the recently turned 18-year-old was on the field just before halftime, running toward the play when all of a sudden he dropped to the ground. His coaches ran onto the field and immediately called for paramedics.
Gainer reportedly did not have a pulse when he was first attended to, but prior to being placed in the ambulance EMTs were able to get a pulse. The teen was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died.
