BETHPAGE, N.Y. (AP) — A 17-year-old hockey participant collapsed throughout a charity recreation in New York and later died, authorities stated.
Connor Kasin, a senior at Massapequa Excessive Faculty on Lengthy Island, misplaced consciousness throughout a recreation Saturday evening benefiting a basis that was arrange by the dad and mom of one other space teen, 19-year-old Sabrina Navaretta, who died in an April 2023 automobile crash.
The Nassau County Police Division stated in a information launch that folks on the skating rink in Bethpage, New York, had been performing CPR when officers and medics arrived.
Kasin was taken to a hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. A police spokesperson stated Monday that no info on his explanation for demise was obtainable.
Massapequa Excessive Faculty introduced Kasin’s demise in a letter to college students and households, the New York Post reported.
“It’s heartbreaking to report that Connor didn’t survive. His passing is devastating to the Massapequa neighborhood, and we provide our deepest condolences to Connor’s household and pals,” the letter says.
The New York Islanders Excessive Faculty Hockey League, which organizes highschool hockey competitions for Lengthy Island colleges, canceled all video games scheduled for Sunday out of respect for Kasin’s household.
