A Mercer University student has died after collapsing during an intramural soccer game Monday night in Macon. The student, identified as Mason Sells, was a junior accounting major and active member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was transported to Atrium Health Navicent by ambulance but was later pronounced dead.

Mercer University Student Dies After Collapsing During Intramural Soccer Game

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A Mercer University student has died after collapsing during an intramural soccer game Monday night in Macon. The student, identified as Mason Sells, was a junior accounting major and active member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was transported to Atrium Health Navicent by ambulance but was later pronounced dead.

What’s Happening: According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, Sells died from cardiac arrest. His father reported that Sells had been struck in the chest with a soccer ball shortly before his collapse.

  • Sells, originally from Peachtree City was participating in an intramural soccer match when the incident occurred.
  • Medical personnel were called immediately, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Between the Lines: This comes just days after another young athlete collapsed and died in the same region. On Saturday, a Wesleyan cross country runner suffered cardiac arrest during a meet at Middle Georgia State College and was pronounced dead at Atrium Health Navicent.

  • The back-to-back fatalities have left local communities reeling as two promising young lives were lost under similar circumstances.

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