Exeter City Football Club Star's Brother Dies in Tragic Pool Accident
Exeter City Football Club star Jayden Wareham's 2-year-old brother Hartley died after being found unresponsive in a pool while on vacation in Spain.
What happened?
According to the BBC and Devon Live, 2-year-old Hartley Wareham died on July 3, four days after he was found in the swimming pool of a villa in Spain where family and friends were staying. At a hearing into Hartley's death on July 22, a court in Exeter, England, was told that his father pulled him out of the water and began CPR, before his mother took over and neighbors called for an ambulance.
Why it matters for Exeter City Football Club
Exeter City Football Club shared their "sincere condolences to the Wareham family following a devastating family bereavement." The club requests that the privacy of Jayden and his family is respected at this time. Exeter City Football Club is currently 21st in League One, 49 points, with 12 wins, 13 draws, and 21 losses from 46 games, with a recent form of LDDDW. They are 54 points behind leaders Lincoln.
What comes next?
The club later shared a JustGiving fundraiser set up by Hartley's father Darren to raise money for a memorial bench in tribute to Hartley. The bench is to have a Hey Duggee theme in honor of Hartley's favorite animated TV show. The fundraiser had raised over $4,700 of a $6,680 goal at the time of publication. Jayden became a father just weeks before Hartley's death.
A family's tragedy
Hartley's cause of death included immersion in water, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome, according to coroner Alison Longhorn. Jayden, who plays as a forward, became a father just over a month before his brother's death. The hearing into Hartley's death has been postponed to a later date, per the BBC. Exeter City Football Club will continue to support Jayden through this difficult time.
