18-y-o Tivoli High student dies during football game
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Okeem Forth, an 18-year-old who attended Tivoli High School died yesterday after leaving the field during a Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Magnum Major League quarterfinal football game between his team, Olympic Gardens FC and Molynes United.
A release from General Secretary of KSAFA Dwayne Dillon, this morning, said that Forth was assisted off the field to receive medical attention in the 83rd minute, and after initial assessments, was rushed to St Andrew’s Memorial Hospital in an ambulance with the medical doctor assigned to the game.
The young player was, however, pronounced dead at the hospital.
KSAFA said the cause of death is unknown and will be revealed when a post mortem is conducted.
It extended its deepest sympathies to the family, friends and the Olympic Gardens Football Club.
