Tenerife footballer Jesús de Miguel dies aged 30 after on-pitch collision
Police homicide division opens judicial proceedings
He was struck in the chest when challenging for ball
Spanish football was in shock on Tuesday after the Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel died after a collision with the Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a match in the second division. The homicide division of the national police has opened judicial proceedings into a possible involuntary manslaughter, a routine procedure after any death not by natural causes. The chief public prosecutor in Santa Cruz de Tenerife told the state news agency EFE that it was “very difficult” for a case to come to court.
Tenerife announced that De Miguel had died at 8am on Tuesday after he had been taken into intensive care on Monday afternoon. He did not regain consciousness after a cardiorespiratory arrest.
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