Imani Bell, 16, died during conditioning drills after coaches held an outdoor practice despite a heat warning from the county.
Two Atlanta-area high school coaches are facing murder charges after one of their players died of a heat stroke during conditioning drills. Now, coaches who push kids hard in the heat are on notice. Imani Bell, a standout student-athlete who wore number 23, loved basketball. On August 13, 2019, the 16-year-old junior died during conditioning drills. Coaches at Elite Scholar Academy ran an outdoor team practice, despite a heat index as high as 103. « Gut-wrenching. Heartbreaking. How could this happen? » said her father, Eric Bell. He said E.R. doctors revived his daughter twice. « The body was so hot that it went right back into cardiac arrest, » Eric Bell said. « I was actually in the room, and you know, that’s not a memory I’ll ever forget.
