A Long Island teen has died after losing consciousness on the ice during a charity hockey game in honor of a fellow high school student who died in a car crash last year, Report informs via New York Post.
Connor Kasin, a 17-year-old senior at Massapequa High School, suffered a “medical event” and passed out on the ice during an intermission of the hockey game at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to News 12 Long Island.
Multiple “civilians” at the game rushed onto the ice and performed CPR on the teen while waiting for first responders, the Nassau County Police Department said in a press release.
Kasin was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of the medical episode is still unknown.
Nassau police said they are still investigating the incident but noted there was “no criminality suspected.”
Kasin played for the Sharks Elite Youth Hockey team when the medical episode occurred.
Massapequa High School announced the death of Kasin in a letter to students and families over the weekend.
The teen collapsed during the charity match in honor of a Syosset graduate, Sabrina Navaretta, who died in a car crash last year.
The game was held by a foundation in Navaretta’s name to raise scholarship money and offer support to grieving parents whose children have passed.
Navaretta’s parents, John and Mara, released a statement on Kasin’s tragic death and offered their condolences to the hockey star’s family.