17-Year-Old Basketball Player Dies Suddenly at Home, Coroner Reports Cause of Death
A 17-year-old high school athlete died suddenly and unexpectedly last week. An obituary for Max Sorenson of Gillette, Wyoming, said he died Dec. 26 “due to complications from injuries sustained playing basketball.” Paul Wallem, the Campbell County coroner, reported the cause of death as peritonitis, an infection of the tissue that lines the abdomen, according…