IN BRIEF
BEAVER — A basketball player at a Western Pennsylvania community college is dead after collapsing during practice.
Officials at the Community College of Beaver County say Tamir Phillips was taking a break during practice last Thursday when he collapsed. They say attempts were made to revive Phillips before he was rushed to a medical center, where he was declared dead.
Beaver County Coroner Teri Tatalovich-Rossi says toxicology test results are pending to help determine the cause of Phillips' death. She says he may have suffered from a congenital heart condition.
Phillips was recruited from Philadelphia to paly basketball for the community college. He was a freshman and majored in social work.
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