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Former NFL Player Keion Carpenter Dies AT 39, After Suffering From An Injury On His Family Vacation

<p>Former NFL player Keion Carpenter&comma; died on Thursday after he suffered from an injury while on vacation with his family in Florida&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 39-year-old was most known for playing on both the Buffalo Bills&comma; and the Atlanta Falcons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baltimoresun&period;com&sol;sports&sol;nfl&sol;bal-keion-carpenter-former-woodlawn-high-nfl-player-dies-at-39-20161229-story&period;html">Baltimore Sun<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; he collapsed and remained in a coma for 24 hours before being pronounced dead at the Jackson South Community Hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to his cousin he had an accident while playing with his son&period; She said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;They were running to the car when &lpar;Carpenter&rpar; slipped&comma; fell&comma; hit his head and slipped into a coma&period; It was just a freak accident&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>News about him being hospitalized started to spread late on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His family later released a statement which read&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It is with regret that we as a family announce that at 6&colon;47 am Keion Eric Carpenter was pronounced dead&comma; at Jackson South Community Hospital in Miami&comma; Florida&period; Keion collapsed while on a family vacation and remained in a coma for 24 hours&period; Keion&lpar;&&num;8216&semi;s&rpar; remains will be flown back to Baltimore for burial&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His college coach&comma; Frank Beamer&comma; said in a statement that &&num;8220&semi;Keion was one of the rocks around which we built our program at Virginia Tech in the 1990s&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also did amazing work through his Carpenter House charity in Maryland&comma; which is used to help families from disadvantaged backgrounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Keion Carpenter leaves behind his wife Tonia Carpenter&comma; and four children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We send our condolences to his family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baltimoresun&period;com&sol;sports&sol;nfl&sol;bal-keion-carpenter-former-woodlawn-high-nfl-player-dies-at-39-20161229-story&period;html">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;baltimoresun&period;com&sol;sports&sol;nfl&sol;bal-keion-carpenter-former-woodlawn-high-nfl-player-dies-at-39-20161229-story&period;html<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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