Sep 30, 2008 12:21 pm US/Pacific
Sacto Student Collapses, Dies During PE Class
SACRAMENTO (AP) ―
Counselors are helping students at a Sacramento high school after a freshman collapsed and died Monday afternoon.
Twin Rivers Unified School District spokeswoman Trinette Marquis says the boy was warming up for a physical education class at Grant Union High School-West Campus when he collapsed.
Teachers did not notice any problems with 15-year-old Jaazaniah McGee after he completed a quarter-mile jog with classmates and returned to the school gym.
After he collapsed, he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Officials say the teenager had no history of medical problems.
It was the second death this month of a Sacramento-area high school student during a physical activity.
On Sept. 2, 14-year-old Center High School student Brandon Mitchell Baker collapsed and died after a junior varsity soccer practice.
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