Youth dies of sudden cardiac arrest during morning walk in Vizianagaram

VISAKHAPATNAM: A 28-year-old youth died of sudden cardiac arrest while on his morning walk at Mogilivalasa of Rajam mandal in Vizianagaram district on Friday.

The youth Srihari had completed his engineering and had been preparing for competitive exams. His death is the latest in a series of such incidents reported in the Telugu states. Andhra and Telangana have reported multiple deaths in recent months in which young individuals have succumbed to sudden heart attacks while working out in the gym, playing sports or attending to their daily chores.

On July 10, a youth succumbed to sudden cardiac arrest after a workout at a gym in Khammam town of Telangana.

A 33-year-old man died due to a heart attack in the same town on July 8.