A young footballer has died in India’s north-east over the weekend after
injuring his spinal cord while celebrating a goal he had scored, newspapers
reported on Monday.
Peter Biaksangzuala, 23, fell backwards on his head as he took a series of
somersaults after scoring the equaliser for his team in a local match in
Khawzawl town close to India’s eastern border with Myanmar last Tuesday, the
Times of India said.
As he lay on the ground in pain, unsuspecting team-mates jumped on him to
celebrate before they realised the extent of the injury and summoned an
stretcher to rush him to hospital.
Biaksangzuala died on Sunday after his condition deteriorated in hospital as
doctors attempted to repair his damaged spine, the newspaper quoted hospital
staff as saying.
Lal Hmar, a football official in Mizoram state, told reporters in capital
Aizawl that the young footballer had donated his eyes before his death.
“Peter was a very talented player who dreamt of playing in the national
league,” Hmar said. “His death has come as a big shock to all of us. We all
thought he will recover.”
Hmar said the local association was planning to hold a charity match in
Biaksangzuala’s memory.
Footballers are known to injure themselves while celebrating a goal, but
there is no recorded instance of it causing a death.
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