Ontario boy, 13, dies of “medical distress” playing socccer

A 13-year-old Ontario boy has died of what is being called “medical distress” during a soccer game in the town of Drayton about 30 km northwest of Guelph. OPP, Mapleton Fire Rescue and Guelph Wellington EMS were called just before 8 p.m. on Canada Day to a soccer pitch on Wellington St. in Drayton, in Mapleton Township. CPR was done at the scene by bystanders and the boy was taken to hospital where he later died. An autopsy is being done today (Thursday, July 2, 2015)