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Sweet Home Family Prepares To Say Goodbye To Teen After Football Injury
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 4, 8:39 PM PDT
updated Oct 6, 4:07 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by KPTV (FOX 12), KGW and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Sweet Home family prepares to say goodbye to teen after football injury · KPTV (FOX 12)Oct 5, 5:52 PM PDT
Sweet Home teen dies from football injuries, community rallies around family · KPTV (FOX 12)Oct 5, 8:28 PM PDT
Sweet Home teen dies after suffering brain injury during football game · KGWOct 5, 11:21 PM PDT
Sweet Home mourns after 16-year-old who suffered brain injury during football game dies · KOINOct 6, 12:36 PM PDT
UO coach, others honor Sweet Home teen who died after football injury · Lookout Eugene-SpringfieldOct 6, 4:07 PM PDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 4, 9:41 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 6, 12:38 AM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.