Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
The final Braves Report of the season is up, with wrapping up and looking ahead. The Scoreboard is solo again, to be updated all evening. Note the start of the high school softball postseason.
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Cardiac arrest led to Thomasā death
A head injury led to cardiac arrest and then the death of Pike County junior Dylan Thomas, according to a report released by the Pike County coroner.
As expected, the death was ruled an accident. "Traumatic brain injury due to or as a consequence of a closed head injuryā caused the arrest.
Because of the documentation taken at hospitals, no official autopsy was conducted.
Coroner Terrell Moody said in the statement that Thomasā parents declined to make a statement and were in agreement with the findings.
Thomas became unstable in the third quarter of the Sept. 28 game against Peach County and was helped to the sidelines, telling trainers he had lost some feeling in his left leg, the statement said.
The coroner said Thomasā condition digressed about seven minutes after reaching the sideline, and he lost consciousness.
He was taken to a regional hospital and then airlifted to Grady in Atlanta and admitted just before 11 p.m. Thomas was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m. on Sept. 30, after about 40 hours of procedures
According to the statement, āThere were no pre-existing medical conditions found in his routine physicals nor during his extensive medical treatment at Grady that would indicate Dylan would be more or less susceptible to this injury than any other ballplayer.
āMedical staff at Grady described to Dylanās parents the nature of the injury as an anomaly, requiring the perfect amount of pressure on the perfect spot at the perfect angle.ā
No āinvestigatingā party, including the GHSA, found any negligence, and itās still undetermined when Thomas may have suffered the hit that began the fatal process.
Football updates
Georgia
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Practice update: Upson-Leeās Marshall missing
Georgia Tech
Dukeās offense offers problems
Still quite alive in ACC Coastal race
A new clothing color scheme on tap this weekend
Georgia State
Elliott putting stamp on program
Falcons