New Jersey highschool soccer participant dies after being injured on the sector

A highschool soccer participant in New Jersey has died practically two weeks after he was critically injured throughout a soccer sport earlier this month, officers mentioned.

Xavier McClain, 16, succumbed to accidents sustained throughout a Sept. 9 sport between his faculty, Linden Excessive Faculty and the close by Woodbridge Excessive Faculty, Derek Armstead, the mayor of Linden, a metropolis simply 13 miles southwest of Manhattan, mentioned Wednesday.

“Along with your prayers, Xavier fought an excellent struggle. In the long run, he succumbed to the accidents that he sustained a pair weeks in the past whereas taking part in soccer through the LHS Tigers’ sport vs Woodbridge,” Armstead wrote in a Fb submit.

“This information hurts as a result of I’ve identified his mother and father, Lisa and Norm for years, Xavier and Andres, their two sons, since they have been little boys,” he mentioned. “My spouse and I spend time of their dwelling and our youngsters performed collectively. Tragically, their worst concern got here true.”

Linden was taking part in Woodbridge on their dwelling area when McClain took a serious hit through the second half of the sport, NBC New York reported. {The teenager} was in a position to get again up on his toes, however collapsed once more, prompting officers to name for an ambulance.

“He obtained proper again up like he was a powerful particular person, after which fell again down,” classmate Asia Marshall instructed NBC New York. It was simply hurting and unhappy to see somebody go so quick, pondering they have been gonna return dwelling to finish up in a coma, you already know.”

McClain was taken to a hospital for therapy, however finally succumbed to a extreme head harm, the outlet reported.

A Twitter account figuring out itself because the official web page for Linden Excessive Faculty soccer shared a tribute to McClain on Thursday, with the phrases “Relaxation In Peace Xavier McClain.”