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GARDENDALE, Ala (WIAT) - Injuries are a part of playing sports. But some injuries are definitely worse than others and a new Alabama state law is trying to keep at least on injury to a minimum.
The state legislature recently passed a new law requiring coaches, referees and parents to keep players, of all sports, off the field after a concussion. Dr. Larry Lemak says the danger isn't in the first hit as much as it is the second. It's called "second impact syndrome", and if someone, especially a child, gets a second concussion before the first is healed it could be fatal.
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