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Hockey Player, 43, Dies After On-Field Collapse at La Plata’s Club Brandsen

Prosecutors opened a death inquiry and ordered an autopsy under UFI N°15.

Overview

  • Agustina Russo, a Belgrano Day School hockey player and administrative employee from San Isidro, collapsed during a Saturday match in Los Hornos and was pronounced dead on site.
  • SAME responders performed CPR after club staff activated emergency protocols and a physician at the venue began resuscitation efforts.
  • Doctors confirmed the death at about 19:40 after the collapse occurred around 19:30 on the fields at 52 and 161.
  • Comisaría Tercera and UFI N°15 are handling the case as an 'averiguación de causales de muerte' and transferred the body to the Morgue Judicial for autopsy.
  • Authorities are working to determine whether the cause was cardiorespiratory arrest or another sudden medical event, as tributes from local clubs and Belgrano Day School filled social media.