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| A New Jersey high school football player died after suffering an injury on the field, school officials said on Saturday. | |
| Warren Hills Regional High School quarterback Evan Murray died after being hurt in a game on Friday night. | |
| A statement from interim superintendent Gary Bowen said the school community was “deeply saddened” by the death of Murray, a three-sport athlete who had been the football team’s starting quarterback for three years. | |
| Coaches, students and community members gathered at the school’s football field on Saturday for a memorial. People who attended the game said Murray walked off the field under his own power after taking a hit in the backfield, then apparently collapsed a short time later. | |
| Bowen declined to take questions from reporters, saying a cause of death had not yet been determined. Authorities said an autopsy was planned for Saturday afternoon. | |
| Members of the school community said they were shocked by Murray’s death. | |
| “I can’t comprehend what happened,” said one parent. |