By Associated Press - Saturday, February 18, 2017

MIAMI (AP) - Authorities say a student died after collapsing at Florida International University.

The Miami Herald (https://goo.gl/Miv9Hu ) reports that the unnamed student was playing basketball at the school’s main campus in Miami Friday when he collapsed. University spokeswoman Maydel Santana says Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported the student to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Santana says the student doesn’t appear to be a member of the university’s basketball team.



Officials haven’t said what caused the student’s death.

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Information from: The Miami Herald, https://www.herald.com

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