Football-mad boy, 15, collapses and dies of heart failure while playing game at ... trends now

Football-mad boy, 15, collapses and dies of heart failure while playing game at ... trends now
Football-mad boy, 15, collapses and dies of heart failure while playing game at ... trends now

Football-mad boy, 15, collapses and dies of heart failure while playing game at ... trends now

Football-mad boy, 15, collapses and dies of heart failure while playing game at school Andrew MacKinnon, 15, was playing football when he died at Edinburgh school

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A football-mad schoolboy collapsed and died of heart failure while playing the game at school.

Andrew MacKinnon, 15, was playing football when he became unwell at on the pitch at school in Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency services rushed to the Broomhouse Road area of Edinburgh following the incident at Forrester High School but despite extensive efforts, paramedics were unable to save Andrew.

Police and ambulances were spotted in the area shortly after 3pm on Tuesday afternoon, March 13.

The gifted footballer and huge Hearts fan, who played for Salvesen blues 07s, leaves sisters Aimee and Rachel, 20 and 17, mother Janine Dow, 48, father, also Andrew MacKinnon, 40, and stepfather Gary Weir, 55.

Andrew MacKinnon, 15, was playing football when he became unwell at on the pitch at school in Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon

Andrew MacKinnon, 15, was playing football when he became unwell at on the pitch at school in Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon

Emergency services rushed to the Broomhouse Road area of Edinburgh following the incident at Forrester High School but despite extensive efforts, paramedics were unable to save Andrew

Emergency services rushed to the Broomhouse

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