University In Alabama Erroneously Announces Football Player's Death
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"We express our immediate regret for disseminating false information," Alabama A&M University's athletics department said.
Alabama A&M University on Wednesday apologized for mistakenly announcing the death of its football player Medrick Burnett Jr., who was hospitalized after suffering a head injury in a game last month.
In a since-deleted statement posted online this week, the school’s athletics department had said that the 20-year-old was dead, according to multiple media reports. The athletics director, Paul A. Bryant, reportedly said the community was “heartbroken by the loss.”
Alabama A&M Athletics later said that the announcement was a mistake.
“We retract the news of the passing of Medrick Burnette Jr, that was originally advised by an immediate family member on Tuesday evening,” read a Wednesday statement from Alabama A&M Athletics. “Our staff acted accordingly to the wishes of the family member to inform the A&M community and beyond of this unfortunate occurrence.”
The school said it had learned from a hospital representative that Burnett “remains alive.”
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