He suddenly collapsed on the ground. A young 17-year-old footballer suffered a heart attack on Saturday afternoon in Saint-Sardos, in Tarn-et-Garonne. The team of the victim, belonging to the club of Young hopefuls Montalbanais (JEM) faced there that of the Entente Garonne-Gascogne. According to The Midi Dispatchtwo spectators, including a nurse, intervened to undertake cardiac massage and used a defibrillator.
When help arrived, the teenager’s heart was weakly restarted. The player, who had no medical history, was transferred in “absolute urgency” to the University Hospital of Rangueil in Toulouse. The meeting did not resume after the accident.