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A high school student in Las Vegas died while playing flag football on Thursday night.
The student – who was later identified by the Clark County Coroner's office as 16-year-old Ashari Hughes – was in the middle of a game when she started experiencing chest problems, a family member told KVVU-TV. She had gone to the sidelines to rest when she collapsed.
Ian Salzman, the principal of Desert Oasis High School where Hughes attended, said in an email to parents obtained by KLAS-TV that "staff immediately began providing medical aid and continued until paramedics arrived," but she did not survive.
The cause and manner of her death have not yet been released by the Clark County Coroner's office.