Funeral Thursday for Teen Bryson Salem

18-year-old Walled Lake Central graduate had no pre-existing medical conditions when he collapsed playing basketball Tuesday, according to Oakland County officials.

An autopsy is pending for a local teenager who collapsed playing basketball and died Tuesday night at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. Walled Lake Central High School graduate Bryson Salem, 18, was playing basketball at LifeTime Fitness in Commerce Township shortly after 5 p.m. when he collapsed, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 6:17 p.m., according to the Oakland County Medical Examiner's office. Visitation took place Wednesday at the Southfield Funeral Home, with a funeral mass scheduled for 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church. The Medical Examiner's office noted that Salem had no pre-existing medical conditions which …

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