High School Football Player Dies After Hard Hit

A high school football player from Spokane Valley has died after suffering a blow to the head in a Friday night game. Andrew Swank, 17, was in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. He died Sunday night, the hospital announced. More than 3.5 million sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Brain Injury Association of Washington.

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Damn. There has to be something that can be done to make these kids safer.

 

So sad...

 

very sad. we continue to work on safer helmets for these kids but they aren't mainstream yet.

 

Horrible...

R.I.P.

 

Godspeed Andrew.

 

That freaking sucks man, R.I.P

 

This is really unfortunate. R.I.P.

 

that's too bad..

 

Sad...

 

Wow, sad news.

 

What a tragedy. RIP

 

What a shame. R.I.P.

 

Damn. I have seen some hard hits in H.S. but this is horrible. RIP

 

I would feel terrible if i was the one that hit him.

 

Alotta people have to drop the ball for something like this to happen, hopefully his death isn't in vain and this is the spark that is needed to get better concussion awareness, prevention, treatment programs put in place in all levels of football.

 

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that, sounded like it was just unfortunate.