18-Year-Old Dies Of 'Heart Attack' As His Senior Year Examination Was About To Start

A teen in India died of cardiac arrest just half an hour before his 12th-grade examination was about to start.

The 18-year-old student, identified as Utsav Shah, complained of chest pain while he was on his way to the examination center. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but in vain. Doctors told his family that Utsav suffered a cardiac arrest, Indian Express reported.

The incident took place Tuesday in Navsari district in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

The student's father, Narendra Shah, said Utsav was preparing for his statistics paper the night before and did not get proper sleep. He was reportedly very nervous.

An autopsy was done to determine the exact cause of his death.

"We went to the hospital and talked to the doctors and found that he had a heart attack. The postmortem on his body was done at the civil hospital in Navsari and his viscera was taken for further analysis to find out the exact cause of death. We suspect that he was tense because of the examination. We were told there was no pressure from his family over his studies," District Collector Amit Prakash Yadav told the outlet.

A close relative of Utsav said his parents have decided to donate his eyes.

"Utsav was a good student and healthy. He has two sisters and was the only son of his parents. When he had chest pain and uneasiness, his father gave him soda. But he did not feel better after drinking it and was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead after some time. He had no history of illness but was overweight. The family has decided to donate his eyes," the relative told Indian Express.

Just a day before Utsav's death, another 12th-grade student, Sheikh Mohammad Aman Mohammad Arif, had died of a heart attack at his examination hall. The student, also from the same state, started vomiting and was taken to a hospital. However, he soon succumbed.