Student, 16, dies after freak accident in front of peers despite wearing helmet

A 16-year-old lacrosse player died after a freak accident during a lacrosse game earlier this week.

16-year-old Dylan Veselic died on Thursday after he was struck in the back of his head by a ball two days earlier and collapsed during a lacrosse game at Olmsted Falls High School in Olmsted Township, Ohio . He was then taken to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and died from his injuries on Thursday, The Chronicle reported .

Veselic, a sophomore at Bay Village High School in Ohio, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night after a shot from an opponent on the field struck him in the back of his head and hit him under his helmet. The 16-year-old’s family confirmed the death of the teenager in an emotional statement …

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