High school lacrosse player dies after routine play turns fatal, second such death in a year

A Washington precocious schoolhouse lacrosse prima died aft a regular play turned tragic connected the field.

Eliot Abramson, a 17-year-old midfielder astatine Mercer Island High School adjacent Seattle, was competing successful a assemblage recruiting showcase connected June 1 erstwhile the incidental occurred.

The 6-foot-2 sophomore had been progressive successful Mercer Island lacrosse since simple schoolhouse erstwhile helium was struck by a fast-moving lacrosse shot astatine the basal of his neck.

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The shot slipped underneath the backmost borderline of his helmet during the play.

Lacrosse sticks laic connected the tract earlier a crippled astatine the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship. (Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Witnesses watched arsenic the teen instantly mislaid consciousness and collapsed connected the turf. Abramson was rushed to Harborview Medical Center successful Seattle for exigency country and spent astir a week successful intensive care.

School officials and household members confirmed that helium died connected June 7.

His mother, Jessica Abramson-Lott, shared a tribute connected societal media, noting that her lad is present reunited with his biologic father, Josef Abramson, who died erstwhile Eliot was 3-years-old.

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Her station read: "While Eliot’s clip connected world volition extremity mode excessively soon, we are comforted that helium volition beryllium successful eden with his dad, making him laugh, playing euphony with his grin lighting up the room. We’re definite he’ll beryllium doing ‘wall ball’ successful the entity and rooting for each his friends."

A breached lacrosse instrumentality lies connected the sideline during the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tourney crippled betwixt Virginia and Brown connected May 14. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)

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This marks the 2nd clip successful a twelvemonth that a precocious schoolhouse jock has died nether akin circumstances.

Last year, 16-year-old Ohio lacrosse subordinate Dylan Veselic mislaid his beingness aft suffering a akin injury.

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