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Reporter: [Miranda Combs]

Student Dies After Collapsing During Practice

A Grayson County Middle School student is dead after he collapsed during basketball practice. It happened Tuesday afternoon while the team was running routine passing drills.
Coaches performed CPR until EMT's arrived. 13-year-old Keith Walker was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The coroner says preliminary autopsy resluts show a sudden cardiac arrest. The coroner also says Walker had no pre-existing conditions.

Counselors were on hand to help students at Grayson County Middle School cope with the loss of a classmate.


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