LINCOLNTON, N.C. -- A 13-year-old boy who was injured in a football game died of a blunt trauma head injury. That's according to the Mecklenburg County medical examiner's office.

Will McLeod was an eighth-grader at North Lincoln Middle School who was hurt last Wednesday night during a game against West Lincoln Middle School.

An investigator with the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's office, said Will's death was due to acute subdural hematoma -- a condition caused from head trauma.

Melanie McLeod says her son had carried the ball and was tackled. She says he got up, walked to the sideline and fell to the ground. He died the next day.

A spokeswoman for Lincoln County Schools says the equipment Will was wearing during the game was refurbished, but had been X-rayed before the start of the football season. The spokeswoman says the district doesn't use equipment with hairline fractures or other defects.

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