GA Teen Elyse Purefoy ID’d As Arabia Mountain HS Student Who Died During Dekalb Dance Practice

DEKALB COUNTY, GA. (THECOUNT) — Elyse Purefoy has been identified as the Georgia high school student who collapsed and died during dance team practice on Monday.

Purefoy, 17, passed out and never woke up during practice with Arabia Mountain High School dance team on Monday, according to reports.

Purefoy was training with the Lithonia school dance team when she passed out, commented her father who was mourning the loss of his daughter during a news conference Monday.

“She was a beautiful spirit,” said her father, Hank Purefoy. “I’m going to miss her.”

“Just last night, I was helping her practice her stands for dance and now she’s gone,” said Elona Purefoy, the girl’s sister, reports WKYT.

Her family said she got to the high school around 7 a.m. Monday for dance team practice.

At practice she and her teammates were asked to run several laps around the high school’s track.

After the run, Purefoy collapsed.

Emergency crews were called to the scene but Purefoy’s heart stopped on the way to the hospital.

Her father said extreme dehydration played a role in her death.

Geo quick facts: Lithonia is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The city’s population was 1,924 at the 2010 census. Lithonia is in the Atlanta metropolitan area. “Lithonia” means “city/town of stone” – Wikipedia.