Student Dies In Wrestling Mat

Authorities say a south georgia high school student apparently climbed atop an upright roll of wrestling mats fell into a center opening and died after he became trapped inside.

Student dies in wrestling mat. To 12 02 p m and then the team and coaches boarded a. Kendrick johnson 17 was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school in january. A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental. Authorities said he suffocated after falling into the mat while trying to retrieve a shoe.

A georgia couple s quest to learn what happened to their son who was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym took a horrifying turn when a second autopsy found the teen. The 17 year old johnson was found dead inside a rolled up wrestling mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta where he was a student on january 11 2013. Johnson s family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy. According to turner on the day of the wrestling event the wrestling team had the school s first lunch session which lasted from 11 32 a m.

The parents of a teenage student found dead and rolled up in a gym mat at a us high school believe their son met with foul play and were shocked to discover he had been buried with organs missing. Kendrick johnson died of positional asphyxia when he fell into a wrestling mat to recover shoes he shared with another student in an auxillary gym. State of georgia where he was a student.