Diego Rodriguez Dies in Car Accident

Rodriguez was hospitalized in a coma and doctors were forced to carry out emergency brain surgery.
Diego Rodriguez Dies in Car Accident
At the welcoming ceremony to the national football team on July 13, 2010 in Montevideo. (Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images)
9/11/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015
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At the welcoming ceremony to the national football team on July 13, 2010 in Montevideo.  (Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images)
Diego Rodriguez, defence of Nacional for Uruguay, has died following a car accident in Montevideo on Thursday Sept. 9.

The 22 year-old soccer player was driving a Peugeot 207 which was written off in a head-on collision near the city centre.

Rodriguez was hospitalized in a coma and doctors were forced to carry out emergency brain surgery.

His father, former international defender Juan Jacinto Rodriguez and current member of the coaching staff of Al-Shabab of Saudi Arabia arrived late on Friday to the Uruguayan capital to be by his son’s bedside, according to AFP.

However on Saturday the young man died of a heart attack, according to the hospital.

The young player had joined Nacional a few weeks ago. He played in the game that his team tied 1-1 against Tanque Sisley in the third round of the championship opening.