A 16-year-old Georgia high schooler was found dead at a football camp in Florida's Columbia County on Tuesday, WJXT-TV reported.
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Hours later, another 16-year-old Georgia high schooler died in an Atlanta hospital a week after being admitted suffering what doctors believe was heat exhaustion, WSB-TV reported.
Donteria Searcy was found unresponsive in his cabin about 11:15 a.m. local time Tuesday, after Fitzgerald (Ga.) High School's football team had finished a morning workout at Florida's O'Leno State Park, where it is holding a summer training camp.
Searcy was taken to a nearby hospital, but attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
An autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death, but police do not suspect foul play.
In Atlanta, Locust Grove High School's Forrest Jones died about 9:30 p.m. local time Tuesday. He was admitted to a hospital on July 25 after collapsing following an optional team workout.
Jones' uncle told WSB-TV that doctors believed his death was caused by a heat stroke or heat exhaustion.
The two Georgia students' deaths came just a few days after a rising high school football player collapsed and died after practice in Darlington, SC.
Tyquan Xavier Brantley, 14, was walking off the field with his Lamar High School team Saturday when he collapsed. He was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead about 7 p.m. local time.
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