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Parents sue Bucknell alleging hazing led to freshman football player's death toggle caption Calvin and Nicole Dickey The family of a Bucknell University football player who died after his first football practice last July has filed a lawsuit against the school, Bucknell officials and athletic staff, alleging his death was the result of a hazing ritual for freshmen players. Calvin "CJ" Dickey, 18, was doing "up-downs" with his teammates in the Lewisburg, Pa., school's Pascucci Team Center on July 10, 2024, when he collapsed, according to the lawsuit that was filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County on Wednesday.
Dickey died two days later after being treated at a hospital for a high heart rate before being diagnosed with "exercise collapse associated with sickle cell trait," rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, according to an autopsy report issued in January by Montour County and obtained by NPR. Sponsor Message Rhabdomyolysis, also called rhabdo, is a condition when proteins and electrolytes from damaged muscle tissue are released into the bloodstream, straining the kidneys. Doctors warn that sickle cell trait, an inherited blood disorder, can be fatal when coupled with rhabdo.
In the lawsuit, Dickey's parents, Calvin Dickey Sr. and Nicole Dickey, and their attorney, Mike Caspino, say Bucknell athletic trainers and coaches knew their son had sickle cell trait and "failed to take the steps necessary" to ensure precautions were in place to prevent harm. They say they want the school and athletic staff to take accountability for his death and to provide a full account of what happened leading up to it.
"We have asked repeatedly for not just a high-level overview of what happened that day, but for the details, the specific fully transparent details of what happened to him that day," Nicole Dickey tells NPR. "We've reached the point with Bucknell where we do not feel that we're going to get that," she says. "The only path for us to get.
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