Tragedy struck a Long Island High School on Thursday after a strength-and-conditioning drill at football practice resulted in the death of a 16-year-old player.
"A group of athletes were performing a drill carrying a log overhead when the log fell and struck Joshua Mileto, a student at the school, in the head," Suffolk County police said in a statement (via ABC News), noting officers had launched an investigation of the incident that occurred at Sachem East High in Farmingville, New York.
School district Superintendent Kenneth Graham called the incident a "horrific accident" in a statement posted to the district's website, adding, "words cannot express the grief we feel as a school community."
According to CBS New York, the accident occurred around 8:40 a.m. ET as several players ran onto the field holding the log above their heads. Two players apparently fell, however, which resulted in the log hitting Mileto.
After the team administered CPR on the field, Mileto was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was ultimately pronounced dead, police said.
