Penang Sukma rugby player dies after collapsing during training

KULIM: A Penang Sukma rugby player died after collapsing during a training session at the General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion 2 football field here yesterday.

Kulim police chief Deputy Superintendent Tengku Mohd Faisal Tengku Yeng said Muhammad Adam Putra Syahril, 21, collapsed and lost consciousness while training was underway about 5.30pm.

Tengku Mohd Faisal said the student of a higher learning institution in Perlis was given initial assistance by his coach before being rushed by ambulance to Kulim Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a medical officer at the emergency unit.

“The body was later sent to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Star and the case has been classified as sudden death,” he said in a statement today.

It is understood that Adam, who was from Kulim, was undergoing practical training in the district and had no known history of illness. — BERNAMA

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