A child has died after collapsing at a Bloomfield school football practice, according to a joint statement made by the school district and town leadership. On Saturday, a social media post by Bloomfield’s Interim Superintendent of Schools and the Bloomfield Town Manager said that a student-athlete who played with the Bloomfield Junior Warhawk Football Team had passed away.

The student-athlete on the Bloomfield Junior Warhawks Pop Warner football team recently transferred from Bloomfield to Manchester High School, officials said.

A student-athlete in Bloomfield died after collapsing during football practice, says town officials. “It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the unexpected passing of one of our community’s beloved children,