{"id":29936,"date":"2021-07-15T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T11:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=29936"},"modified":"2021-07-15T07:52:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T11:52:47","slug":"coroner-to-investigate-death-of-philadelphia-youth-at-football-workout-in-coatesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=29936","title":{"rendered":"Coroner to  investigate death of  Philadelphia youth at football workout in Coatesville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ChescoCoronerLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14215\" src=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ChescoCoronerLogo-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Chester County Coroner\u2019s Office is confirming the sudden death of Ivan James Hicks, Jr., 16, of Philadelphia during a football 7 v 7 voluntary activity in Coatesville on July 13, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks, a student at West Catholic High School in Philadelphia, was taken to Brandywine Hospital after collapsing while taking a water break at approximately 5:45 pm. Resuscitative efforts were immediately initiated at the scene by coaching staff, then taken over by Washington Hose EMS who transported Hicks to Brandywine Hospital Emergency Department. Hicks was pronounced dead at the hospital at 6:43 pm. The Chester County Coroner\u2019s Office was then contacted and responded to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Coroner\u2019s Office is conducting a full medicolegal death investigation, including an autopsy scheduled for Friday, July 16, 2021.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to getting answers for Ivan\u2019s family, friends, and community. His parents have been notified and our hearts go out to them,\u201d said Chester County Coroner Dr. Christina VandePol. \u201cThere was no sign of external injury in this tragic unexpected death. We will be looking closely at possible cardiac causes, given what is known about sudden death in young athletes, but it\u2019s too early to draw any conclusions. Cause and manner of death are pending during our open investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information concerning the death is asked to contact the Chester County Coroner\u2019s Office at 610-344-6165 or <a href=\"mailto:coroneroffice@chesco.org\">coroneroffice@chesco.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chester County Coroner\u2019s Office is confirming the sudden death of Ivan James Hicks, Jr., 16, of Philadelphia during a football 7 v 7 voluntary activity in Coatesville on July 13, 2021. Hicks, a student at West Catholic High School in Philadelphia, was taken to Brandywine Hospital after collapsing while taking a water break at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8343,3912,10720,2051],"class_list":["post-29936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county-coroners-office","tag-featured","tag-ivan-james-hicks","tag-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29937,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29936\/revisions\/29937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}