32-year-old athlete dies on basketball court during Serie C championship.
The victim was called Haitem Jabeur Fathallah, 32 years old from Fortitude Messina: he died at the hospital in Reggio Calabria where he had been taken due to an illness that had struck him during the match against Dierre Reggio, valid for the S championshiperie C Gold basketball.
Fathallah had collapsed on the ground and lost consciousness: the game was immediately suspended to help the basketball player, who was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he died shortly after being admitted. The player, after the illness that struck him and during the transport to the hospital, is remained unconscious all the time.
Fathallah boasted over 250 appearances in senior basketball leagues. Born in Agrigento, after playing with Porto Empedocle, Racalmuto and Licata, arrived in Messina in the 2016/2017 season, playing first in the Basketball School and subsequently in Fortitudo Messina.
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