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A family's two-year wait to learn how their
teenage son died has finally ended.
Stephen and Hayley Worgan lost their football-mad
son in 205.
Yesterday, they heard details of their son's final
moment, playing the sport he loved.
They had it confirmed that it was sudden adult
death syndrome that robbed them of their son.
Luke was just 16 when he died during an indoor
soccer tournament at Swansea College, Tycoch.
His parents were too upset to talk yesterday after
the inquest.
Swansea coroner Philip Rogers expressed the hope
that research would continue into the causes of the condition.
Swans legend Robbie James, who died while playing
for Llanelli at the age of 40, and former Swan's manager Terry Yorath's
15-year-old son Daniel are other victims.
Mr Rogers said: "I hope the wider publicity from
this case will alert people to this condition and encourage people to carry
out further research so work can be done to prevent this sort of thing."
Cardiac Risk in the Young (Cry) has called for
screening of all young athletes to cut the risk.
Luke's paents, of Whitehorn Place, Sketty, threw
their support behind the organisation after the tragedy, which took place on
October 22, 2005.
Their son left home that day at 8.30am in his
beloved Manchester United shirt to play in one of the regular Skool's Out on
Saturday sessions at the college.
Luke, who worked with his father as an apprentice
ceramic tile fitter, was among a number of 16 and 17-year-olds engaged in
three-minute matches.
"!t was during the rest period after his last
match that he became unresponsive, having laid down on the floor near his
team mates, resting on his elbow," said investigating police officer
Sergeant Kath Pritchard.
It was not until he failed to respond to the call
for the next game that they realised something was wrong.
Staff unsuccessfully tried to revive him before
paramedics arrived on the scene. He was taken to the accident and
emergency unit at Singleton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at
11.07am.
Consultant pathologist Wyn Williams said the cause
of death could not be ascertained by post-mortem examination.
He ruled out an earlier collision with another
player as being connected and gave the cause as sudden adult death syndrome.
Dr Williams said it could happen after exertion or
at any other time. And he discounted any prospect that advance checks
on Luke would have uncovered anything.
Mr Rogers recorded a verdict of death by natural
causes.
A number of fund-raising events have been held in
Luke's memory to raise money for the Cruse Morgannwg bereavement care
charity, which has helped the family.
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