A 12-year-old boy died after having a severe allergic reaction to ant bites he suffered during a South Texas middle school football game last week.

Cameron Espinosa was reportedly bitten multiple times by fire ants during the Sept.11 game and lost consciousness while trying to flush the ants away from him, according to Lorette Williams, a spokeswoman for the Corpus Christi Independent School District.

Espinosa, an eighth-grader at Paul R. Haas Middle School, was in critical condition until his death Monday.

According to USA Today, Espinosa had no clue he was allergic to ants, and the school had no records stating he was allergic to anything.

Espinosa's mother, Josephine Limon, has reportedly retained an attorney and points the finger of blame at the school for not having more medically trained personnel on the field.

In Texas, medics are assigned to high school varsity football games, but middle school games only feature coaches trained in first-aid with the use of CPR and a defibrillator. A defibrillator was used on Espinosa before he was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

He spent five days in intensive care, where he was out into a medically induced coma to reduce the swelling in his brain, according to The Daily Mail.

CCISD school board member Hector Salinas told KRIS-TV that the coaches should have done more to ensure the football field was safe after they initially learned of the ant infestation.

For now, all extracurricular and athletic activities at the school have been cancelled for the rest of the week, and the football field is off-limits to everyone until it has been treated for ants.

Funeral Services for Espinosa were held today, and will be followed by a mass and burial tomorrow. His jersey number, 66, will be retired by the school in his honor.

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