David Luiz injury: bereaved father’s despair over lack of action
The father of a Co Antrim schoolboy who died from a sports concussion has expressed concern after an Arsenal star played on with a head injury at the weekend.
Ben Robinson, 14, collapsed towards the end of a Schools’ Cup rugby match in January 2011.
The Carrickfergus Grammar pupil had been allowed to carry on playing despite having been treated on the pitch for the effects of heavy tackles.
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Hide AdThe coroner at a 2013 inquest hearing found that Ben had died from “second impact syndrome”.