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Las Vegas student dies after medical emergency at athletic event
A Desert Oasis High School student who suffered a medical emergency during an athletic event Thursday night has died, school officials said in a note to parents this morning.
The Clark County Coroner's Office identified the student as 16-year-old Ashari Hughes of Las Vegas. The cause of death had not yet been determined, officials said.
Hughes was participating in a flag football game when the medical episode occurred.
“Staff immediately began providing medical aid and continued until paramedics arrived,” Principal Ian Salzman wrote. “It is with heavy heart that I inform you the student passed away.”
The letter provided no other specifics.
Hughes' death is the second of a Las Vegas high school athlete in the past 18 months.
In July 2021, 13-year-old Cajetan Chinoyelum Nsofor died after collapsing at the beginning an offseason football workout at Legacy High School, where he would have been a freshman.
The Clark County Coroner said he died of cardiac dysrhythmia.
Hughes' death also came amid heightened attention to the health of athletes after a professional football player, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field during an NFL game Monday against the Cincinnati Bengals.