Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Schoolboy Dies After Collapsing During Rugby Match at Baxter College in Kidderminster

A 15-year-old schoolboy has died after collapsing during a rugby match in Worcestershire.

Ambulance crews were called after Luke Chapman, a pupil at Haybridge High in Hagley, stopped breathing on the pitch at Baxter College in Kidderminster.

The teenager was airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital by air ambulance at around 4.30pm, where he later died.

The school's chair governors, Tony Homer, said: "We are all terribly shocked and upset by what has happened.

"The school will offer all the support we possibly can to those affected." Read More