http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1435759/utah-soccer-referee-dies-being-punched-player?cc=5901
Saw that he was in a coma earlier this week and now he's passed on.
More at the link.
edit: I believe the kid will be charged with manslaughter, he was being held on assault charges.
Saw that he was in a coma earlier this week and now he's passed on.
A Utah soccer referee who slipped into a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game a week ago died Saturday night, police said.
Ricardo Portillo, 46, of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following an assault, Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said.
Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card.
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Portillo suffered swelling in his brain and had been listed in critical condition, Dr. Shawn Smith said Thursday at the Intermountain Medical Center in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray.
More at the link.
edit: I believe the kid will be charged with manslaughter, he was being held on assault charges.