Officials: 16-year-old who collapsed after flag football game died of natural causes
Not sure about her vaccination status. (KVVU/Gray News) - A 16-year-old who died after a flag football game in Las Vegas died from natural causes, according to officials.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office said Ashari Hughes died from an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from left coronary sinus of valsalva. Her manner of death was described as natural.
On Jan. 5, Hughes was playing flag football for Desert Oasis High School when she collapsed and was taken to a hospital.
Hughes died shortly after.
The 16-year-old’s parents said she was having heart problems, but hadn’t received an official diagnosis before her death.