BARLESVILLE, OK -- After sustaining a head injury at a football game earlier this month, an Oklahoma high school football player has died.
According to KFOR, Ben Hamm, a junior at Wesleyan Christian High School, scored a touchdown for his team but took a hard hit during the next play.
After being rushed to an area hospital, Hamm underwent surgery.
Wesleyan Christian School Head Coach Nathan England, says doctors were keeping Hamm in a medically induced coma to lower pressure in his head.
On Saturday, September 19th Hamm was pronounced dead.
Hamm's father took to Facebook in a statement saying:
The high school has cancelled classes for Monday. Counselors and youth pastors will be available for students when classes resume on Tuesday.