13/10/2014

Post-Mortem Due On Teenager Who Died After Football Match

A 15-year-old male has died after collapsing during a football match in Galway.

Hassan Taiwo collapsed during a Merlin Woods FC match in Doughhiska on Saturday.

He was attended to by emergency services at the scene before being taken to University Hospital Galway. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

A post-mortem is due to carried out today to establish the cause of death.

Hassan was a student at St Joseph's Patrician College in Galway.

(MH/IT)

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