The family of an eighth grade student and the wider Campion College fraternity are trying to come to grips after the sudden death of a teen from injuries he suffered after a football goalpost fell on him on the school compound on Tuesday.

The Jamaica Observer was told that just after 3:00 pm, the boy, who was a member of the school’s rugby team, was playing on the goalpost that was not firmly tethered to the ground when it fell on him, causing serious injuries.

One unconfirmed report was that he was getting ready for rugby practice and was stretching near the post when the accident happened.

He was rushed to a nearby medical facility where he was pronounced dead, the
Observer was also told.

There was some confusion when the news broke as the impression was that he was a member of the school’s football team that participates in the ISSA Manning Cup competition.

It was thought the accident took place during a training session, but a text purportedly from the coach of the Campion College team said the team had conducted a training session without any incident.

In March 2011, nine-year-old Sts Peter and Paul Preparatory School student, Jerimiah Yson Jr, died after a goalpost on the school’s playing field fell on him.

The tragedy resulted in Sts Peter and Paul Prep, a feeder school for Campion College, implementing a number of safety measures, among them the use of aluminium goalposts.

Three months before that, a similar tragedy claimed the life of seven-year-old Nicholas Hamilton at Coke View Primary School in Westmoreland.