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

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted July 2, 2015 11:39 am

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An O.P.P truck stands in the parking lot at the eastern Ontario regional Ontario Provincial Police headquarters in Smith Falls, Ontario on Oct. 22, 2012.THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg — 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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