Paralyzed at 13, Ex-Pop Warner Football Player Dies

Donnovan Hill, who was paralyzed during a Pop Warner football game in 2011 at the age of 13, died Wednesday after complications from surgery.

According to a report by ESPN’s Tom Farrey, Hill, 18, was admitted to the hospital Tuesday for a routine surgery on his lower back to manage his injury. Hill’s mother, Crystal Dixon, told Farrey she was told that during the surgery, the doctor accidentally cut an artery, and Hill fell into a coma as he lost blood. He died Wednesday at 4:35 a.m., Dixon said. Hospital spokespeople were unavailable to confirm details of Hill’s death to ESPN.

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