Southern California high school football player dies from injuries suffered in game

Austin Turner
11 hours ago

A 16-year-old Los Angeles County boy has died nearly two weeks after suffering a major injury in a high school football game, according to reports.

The boy, identified in an online fundraiser as Christopher Garcia, was a junior at South East High School in South Gate. The news was first reported by Los Angeles Times high school sports columnist Eric Sondheimer.

Garcia was injured while playing in a junior varsity game on Aug. 23, and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. … The online fundraiser, written by a person claiming to be the friend of Garcia’s sister, said that he suffered a brain injury in the game.


Christopher Garcia, 16, died from injuries suffered in an Aug. 23 high school football game. He was a junior at South East High School in South Gate. (GoFundMe)

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According to Sonheimer, two medical staff members were on site at the time of Garcia’s injury, which is required by the Los Angeles Unified School District. … Garcia’s death is the 11th resulting from middle and high school football injuries this year, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury.