A relative of an 11-year-old boy who died after injuring his ankle on a treadmill is speaking out to share a warning about his health condition.
VIDEO: Family of boy who died after an ankle injury on a treadmill speaks outA relative of an 11-year-old boy who died after injuring his ankle on a treadmill is speaking out to share aJesse Brown, a fifth grade student from Winter Park, Florida, was using a treadmill at a gym when he rolled his ankle, his cousin Megan BrownThe otherwise healthy 11-year-old was healing from the ankle injury when he developed a red and purple rash on his leg, according to Brown.
Jesse was rushed to the emergency room and then admitted to the intensive care unit, where tests confirmed he had invasive group A strep infection, according to Brown. "The doctor said that he could have had a scratch on his ankle, from when he fell," Brown told "GMA" in an interview that aired Feb. 19. "And maybe there was strep A at the gym and maybe that's how he contracted it."Jesse died just a few days after he was hospitalized, according to Brown.
"Jesse was extremely outgoing and he was hilarious," she said. "Everyone that was around him had the best things to say about him." After his death, the local school district that Jesse attended started a memorial fund to raise money for Jesse's family.
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