Truly heartbreaking
A talented footballer who collapsed suddenly during a football match in Nottingham is believed to have died a "sudden cardiac death", an inquest heard. Samuel Victor Ovie Akwasi's parents were present when the 13-year-old passed away at the Queen's Medical Centre on May 7 this year.
"He was aged just 13 years at the time of his death and he died at the Queen's Medical Centre, she said. A post-mortem examination was conducted, and the provisional cause of death given by a pathologist was "sudden cardiac death with a morphologically normal heart".The final hearing, where more details will be heard and a conclusion on the cause of death, is set to take place on March 22 next year, and is estimated to take three days.
Dad Tubman Akwasi said the death of his son is a pain that he has to face everyday. Samuel was playing for FC Cavaliers U13s against WBCY FC Rossoneri, and had scored the first goal of the match before collapsing on the pitch on May 7 at around noon at the Forest Recreation Ground.
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