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Boy, 13, dies playing soccer in Drayton on Canada Day

An OPP truck stands in the parking lot at the eastern Ontario regional Ontario Provincial Police headquarters in Smith Falls, Ontario on Oct. 22, 2012. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press/File

DRAYTON, Ont. – A 13-year-old boy has died while playing soccer northwest of Guelph, Ont.

Ontario Provincial Police say they received a call shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday for a teenager in medical distress in Drayton, Ont.

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They say people at the soccer field gave the boy CPR until first responders arrived.

The teen was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police say they are investigating the death along with help from the coroner.

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