College Station High School grieving after boy's death Tuesday in dodge ball game

A 15-year-old boy at College Station High School died Tuesday afternoon after passing out during a dodge ball game in physical education class, officials said.

The College Station Fire Department's emergency medical service responded to a report of a cardiac arrest at the school gymnasium about 1:45 p.m., said fire department spokesman Bart Humphreys.

The school nurse was at the scene, and school staff members were performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Humphreys said.

"They had used an AED, an automatic external defibrillator, to attempt to restart the patient's heart," he said.

Paramedics transported the boy, whose name was not immediately released, to College Station Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, Humphreys said.

A crisis counseling team was available Wednesday at the school to talk with students and staff members, said College Station school district spokesman Chuck Glenewinkel.

Authorities were awaiting results of an autopsy to be done by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, a College Station Police Department spokeswoman said.

According to a notice on the College Station school district website, a "spirit night" school fundraiser scheduled for Wednesday evening at Potato Shack restaurant has been canceled.

The announcement didn't mention whether the cancelation was related to the student's death.