Latvia’s Matiss Kivlenieks, a candidate to be the Columbus Blue Jackets’ future goaltender, died in Michigan on Sunday night after fleeing a hot tub and hitting his head…
(Newser) – Latvia’s Matiss Kivlenieks, a candidate to be the Columbus Blue Jackets’ future goaltender, died in Michigan on Sunday night after fleeing a hot tub and hitting his head following a Fourth of July fireworks accident. He was 24. Kivlenieks was in a hot tub and fled with several other people, but he slipped and hit his head on concrete, police in Novi said Monday. The fire department and EMTs got to the private home about 10pm Sunday night and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Novi Lt.
