A 16-year-old boy died after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing football after school, an inquest concluded.
Philip Lamin collapsed on the pitch at Goals Soccer Centre beside his school, Bexleyheath Academy in south east London.
His PE teacher Sean Wiltshire tried to save him by administering CPR, but the schoolboy later died in hospital.
Mr Wiltshire said in his witness statement: "I saw a lot of pupils gathered round someone on the field.
"I was on the phone to the ambulance. Other teachers took the pupils off the pitch.
"I bent down to check his breathing. I opened his airway. He was not breathing."
Philip, of Gordon Road, Belvedere, had a history of mild asthma but no serious medical conditions.
Mr Wiltshire said: "I had known Philip for approximately four years. He has never complained of any injury or medical conditions."
He said: "I saw him going for a tackle. There was
minimal impact or contact. I then heard him make a weird sound as if he
was having a fit.
"His left arm went backward but no one was near him. It looked like his legs gave way and I saw him fall forward."
Philip was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich but doctors were unable to save him and he died the same day, February 5 last year.
The cause of death was given as pulmonary oedema and idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy.
The coroner, Lorna Tagliavini, concluded that Philip died of natural causes.
She told Southwark Coroner's Court: "I am satisfied that there are no suspicious circumstances. There is no third party involvement."
She added: "There's no obvious incident that caused him to collapse.
"In light of the pathologist's evidence I am satisfied that in these circumstances that the most appropriate conclusion to reach would simply be one of natural causes.
"Our condolences go to Philip's family and his friends and school."
Source:London Standard
His PE teacher Sean Wiltshire tried to save him by administering CPR, but the schoolboy later died in hospital.
Mr Wiltshire said in his witness statement: "I saw a lot of pupils gathered round someone on the field.
"I was on the phone to the ambulance. Other teachers took the pupils off the pitch.
"I bent down to check his breathing. I opened his airway. He was not breathing."
Philip, of Gordon Road, Belvedere, had a history of mild asthma but no serious medical conditions.
Mr Wiltshire said: "I had known Philip for approximately four years. He has never complained of any injury or medical conditions."
A school friend described how he had been watching Philip play
football after school as usual when the 16-year-old suddenly fell to
the ground.
"His left arm went backward but no one was near him. It looked like his legs gave way and I saw him fall forward."
Philip was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich but doctors were unable to save him and he died the same day, February 5 last year.
The cause of death was given as pulmonary oedema and idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy.
The coroner, Lorna Tagliavini, concluded that Philip died of natural causes.
She told Southwark Coroner's Court: "I am satisfied that there are no suspicious circumstances. There is no third party involvement."
She added: "There's no obvious incident that caused him to collapse.
"In light of the pathologist's evidence I am satisfied that in these circumstances that the most appropriate conclusion to reach would simply be one of natural causes.
"Our condolences go to Philip's family and his friends and school."
Source:London Standard
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