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Police in Novi, Michigan, say 24-year-old Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died Sunday following an accident that concerned fireworks.
Novi Lt. Jason Meier tells The Related Press {that a} mortar-style firework tilted barely and began to fireside towards folks close by. Meier says Kivlenieks was in a sizzling tub and fled together with a number of different folks, however he slipped and hit his head on concrete.
Meier mentioned Kivlenieks was pronounced useless after first responders reached the scene.
An post-mortem carried out on Kivlenieks’ physique discovered he died from a percussive harm which precipitated injury to his organs, police inform Detroit’s WXYZ. Officers say which means it was the shock of the firework explosion that led to the person’s loss of life, not him slipping and hitting his head on the concrete.
Police say Kivlenieks suffered no head trauma and no fragments from the firework have been present in his system in the course of the post-mortem.
The Blue Jackets referred to as it a “tragic accident” in a press release that made no point out of fireworks.
“We’re shocked and saddened by the lack of Matiss Kivlenieks, and we prolong our deepest sympathies to his mom, Astrida, his household and associates throughout this devastating time,” mentioned Blue Jackets President of Hockey Operations John Davidson. “Kivi was an excellent younger man who greeted each day and everybody with a smile and the influence he had throughout his 4 years with our group is not going to be forgotten.”
Kivlenieks was a candidate to be the Columbus Blue Jackets’ future goaltender. He represented Latvia at this spring’s hockey world championship.
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