Mercer Island Lacrosse Player Eliot Abramson Dies at 17 After Ball Strikes Neck

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 9

Eliot Abramson, a 17-year-old Mercer Island High School midfielder, died June 7 after being injured during a June 1 college recruiting showcase near Seattle.
A fast-moving lacrosse ball struck the base of his neck after slipping under the back edge of his helmet, and witnesses said he immediately lost consciousness and collapsed.
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle treated Abramson with emergency surgery, but he remained in intensive care for nearly a week before school officials and family confirmed his death.
Abramson had played in the Mercer Island lacrosse program since elementary school; his mother said he is now reunited with his father, who died when Eliot was 3.
The death is the second such high school lacrosse fatality reported in about a year, after Ohio player Dylan Veselic, 16, died from a similar injury.