A 14-year-old boy died Sunday in Rontignon, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, near Pau, after a heart attack during a football match in which he participated, said his club FC Lescar.
"The family of FC Lescar is in mourning, one of his U15 (players born in 2004, ed) died this (Sunday) morning of a heart attack on the ground of the ASMUR (Sports Association Mazères-Uzos-Rontignon, ed) at an U15 Excellence meeting, "the club wrote on its website.
"He fell suddenly". "We are shocked (...) Of course we think of his family and his many friends, in this very difficult moment," added the club, which publishes a photo of the boy, "faithful since the U7 at FC Lescar ". "He fell suddenly (during the match), it is a cardiorespiratory stop," said the Departmental Operational Fire and Rescue Center (CODIS) Pyrénées-Atlantiques, explaining having "immediately undertaken a cardiac massage that was still going when we left (the boy) at the hospital (de Pau) in the presence of Samu ".
Psychological cell. A psychological cell at the address of parents, children and educators was to be set up Sunday evening in Lescar town hall, a town located a few kilometers west of Pau. The football district of Pyrénées-Atlantiques has announced that all matches organized in the department next weekend will be preceded by a minute of silence in tribute to the young player who died.