COPIAGUE, N.Y. (AP) — A 15-year-old died suddenly while at a tryout for his high school’s basketball team on Long Island. Newsday reports Carmyne Payton died Wednesday after collapsing during tryouts for his high school’s basketball team in Copiague. His father, Arthur Payton, told the newspaper authorities said his son died of an apparent heart attack. Suffolk County police told the newspaper they are investigating the death but do not believe it is criminal. The school’s principal notified students and their families saying Carmyne’s death “has affected us deeply.”
Photo: FILE – In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, ambulances wait outside NYU Langone Medical Center. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo, File)
