Tuesday, February 12, 2008

14-year old dies from heart failure

Did you hear about the 14-year old that was trying trigger a roadside speed sign. You know one of those digital signs that tells how fast you are driving, and if you are driving faster then the speed limit the sign will flash "slow down."

Well 14-year Andrew Underwood, of Baildon, West Yorks, United Kingdom, was attempting to get the sign to flash "slow down" by running past the signs radar.


Sports-mad Andrew Underwood hoped that if he ran fast enough he would activate the flashing radar-controlled sign.

But as he rounded the bend near his home he collapsed in front of horrified pals. They carried him to a nearby house and he came round.

- The (London) Sun


He died later at the hospital.

His mom, a nurse, said he was very fit, or at least seemed to be, as loved sports and was involved in many different sports activities. Among them rugby, football (soccer for my USA readers), running, cycling and fishing.


His mum Jill, a nurse, said: “He seemed so fit and healthy. You name the sport, he’d done it.

“He was having a laugh with friends, and running to see if he could trigger the sign.”
- The (London) Sun




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