Overview
- The sixth-grade student, who collapsed Tuesday during recess at the General José de San Martín primary school in La Calera, was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Hospital Materno Infantil Dr. Arturo Illia.
- Provincial education official Juan José Castellano said the boy had been playing with a paper ball when he fell, and teachers began CPR until paramedics took over.
- Municipal secretary María Moscoso said an ambulance reached the school about seven minutes after the call and rushed the child to the hospital.
- Prosecutors opened an inquiry labeled “death of undetermined cause,” ordered forensic tests, and are awaiting autopsy findings to confirm a medical cause.
- A brother told local TV the child had no known heart problems though he sometimes fainted with intense effort, and reporters noted recent comparable collapses during play in the province that have prompted reviews of school emergency protocols.