'Much-loved': Brockton middle schooler identified as student who died at basketball club

‘Much-loved’: Brockton middle schooler identified as student who died at basketball club

Posted by Admin October 4, 2024 Basketball

STOUGHTON — A Brockton sixth-grader has been identified as the athlete who died from a medical emergency on Tuesday at the Dana Barros Basketball Club in Stoughton.

George-Levi Njuguna, 11, a student at North Middle School in Brockton, suffered from a medical emergency while at the Stoughton basketball center Tuesday night, and was pronounced dead after being transported to a local hospital, WCVB reported on Friday.

“We’re deeply saddened by the passing of a sixth grader from North Middle School,” said Brockton Public Schools Communications Director Jordan Mayblum, according to WCVB. “We’ve communicated with their family and the affected school community and will be making resources available for those who are impacted by this devastating loss.”

According to a GoFundMe page created for Njuguna, his funeral service will take place on Oct. 6, but no details were provided or immediately available.

“The Brockton community is mourning the loss of one of its own. 11-year-old George-Levi Njuguna, he was a 6th-grade student at North Middle School, athlete, and friend to so many. There are no words for a loss like this; our hearts are with his family during this difficult time,” said the brief statement on the GoFundMe page.

The organizer, Victoria Millsap, said on Facebook the GoFundMe is “to help out his family during this time.”

Njuguna was “a much-loved young player and teammate,” said Stephanie Creutz, president of the Dana Barros Basketball Club, WCVB reported.

‘Horrific tragedy’ Child has medical event and dies at Stoughton basketball club

What happened at basketball club

Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reporting an unresponsive child at around 8 p.m. Tuesday.

While police and fire were en route, dispatchers from the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center provided emergency medical dispatch instructions over the phone “to help facilitate a private citizen doing CPR until police arrived,” she said.

Once Stoughton Police arrived they took over medical care and continued to provide CPR and other measures, she said. Stoughton Police continued those efforts until Stoughton Fire paramedics arrived and took over medical care.

The child was then transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The death will be investigated as an unattended death, per standard procedure, but it does not appear to be suspicious, McNamara said.