News Comment #9

Adam Johnson dead on the ice

Adam Johnson is a former NHL hockey player, he played 13 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 2018-2020. On October 28th, he was killed in a “freak accident” while playing professional hockey overseas.

While skating down the ice Matt Petgrave kicked his leg out and caught Johnson in the neck with the blade of his skate. This sliced Johnsons neck and later resulted in his death.

Police are treating this like any other homicide case, Petgrave is currently in police custody.

This article is very interesting, after all it’s not everyday a person dies while playing a professional sport. The article follows the inverted pyramid and gives details of the incident.

Along with giving details of the accident, it follows it up by telling the reader what steps the police are taking to come up with a solution to this incident. The article goes on to give some details about Johnsons life and everyone that was involved in it.

One thought on “News Comment #9

  1. fuglsang

    I knew there were some people who thought Petgrave acted intentionally
    but I did not know he was arrested. Proving intent is difficult.

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