15-year-old basketball player collapses

WINSTON-SALEM -- A 15-year-old basketball player was in critical condition in a North Carolina hospital after he collapsed during a junior varsity game.

A Winston-Salem school spokesman says 15-year-old Khalid Prince of Parkland High School collapsed Tuesday about 6 p.m. while running during a junior varsity game.

Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools spokesman Theo Helm says there was no contact with another player before Prince fell.

Prince was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center where a spokeswoman said he remained in critical condition Wednesday morning.

Helm said Prince also played football and had a physical at the beginning of the school year.

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