Shawnee Mission Northwest sophomore dies after medical emergency during football training
A football player from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School has died, days after after suffering a medical emergency during football conditioning earlier this week.
District spokesman David Smith confirmed on Friday that sophomore Ovet Gomez-Regalado was participating in off-season training on Wednesday when he had a medical emergency. Emergency responders were called to the school, at 12701 W. 67th Street in Shawnee, and transported the student to the hospital.
Smith said district officials learned Friday morning, on the first week of school, the student had died.
Additional details were not immediately available.
Shawnee Mission families on Friday took to social media, sending prayers to the family and sharing that Gomez-Regalado was a kind friend and student.
