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15-year-old Kansas football player's death is blamed on heat

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15-year-old Kansas football player Ovet Gomez Regalado collapsed after a 15-minute exercise.

He collapsed as he walked to a building at his suburban Kansas City high school and died two days later of heatstroke.

The Johnson County , Kansas , medical examiner’s report said the temperature on the fateful Aug. 14 afternoon was 92 F ( 33.3 C) National Weather Service data shows temperatures rising over the two-hour period.

Obesity also contributed to his death; he weighed 384 pounds ( 174.2 kilograms ).

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