BOSTON – A Massachusetts State Police recruit died “following a medical crisis suffered during a training exercise” at the academy in New Braintree, the agency said. The trainee, 25-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia, had been on life support at a Worcester hospital, according to I-Team sources.
On Thursday, the I-Team reported that the trainee was critically injured during a boxing exercise, which is a regular part of state police training. Sources tell the I-Team the recruit was knocked out for nearly 10 minutes after getting hit in the head.
“On Thursday, September 12, Trainee Delgado-Garcia became unresponsive during a defensive tactics training exercise,” a spokesperson for the Massachusetts State Police said. “The Academy’s on-site medical team, which includes dedicated staff from UMass Medical, responded immediately and rendered aid. The medical team determined that Delgado-Garcia required urgent medical care and transported him via Ambulance to a local medical facility. Despite the heroic efforts of medical professionals to deliver lifesaving care, Trainee Delgado-Garcia died at the hospital.”