All posts tagged 'kentucky heat stroke death'

Death after ‘gasser’ leads to charge against coach

Posted on January 24th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 1/24/2009 By BRETT BARROUQUERE and WILL GRAVESAssociated Press Writers LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Football players know them as “gassers” — sprints up and down the field to build stamina. Sophomore Max Gilpin and his Pleasure Ridge Park teammates spent the tail end of a three-hour practice on a sweltering..
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Prosecutor: Ky. coach should have known heat risk

Posted on January 23rd, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 1/23/2009 By BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A high school football coach should have realized a player could collapse from heat stroke in the broiling weather during practice, a prosecutor said in announcing reckless homicide charges in a youth’s death. A grand jury indicted David Jason..
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