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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Madeline Sherratt

Alabama A&M University mistakenly announces football player’s death

School’s athletics team wrongly declared that Medrick Burnett Jr, 20, (pictured) had died weeks after he was seriously injured in a game - (Alabama A&M)

Alabama A&M university mistakenly announced the death of one of its football players – before backtracking and confirming that he is very much still alive.

The school’s athletics team wrongly declared on Wednesday that Medrick Burnett Jr, 20, had died weeks after he was seriously injured during a game.

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