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Transcripts For WOI Local 5 News Midday 20160127

Good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias our top story. The latest on the death of star hawkeye athlete tyler sash. Elias after sashs death in september, his family donated his brain to science. The football star was found inside of his oskaloosa home. His death attributed to an accidental mixture of two painkillers. Researchers looked for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. A degenerative brain disease cauased by repeated trauma to the head thats been found in dozens of former nfl players. Elias according to a New York Times diagnosed sash and even more the disease had advanced to a seen in someone two of the doctors that conducted the exam, said the severity of cte was on par with former nfl star junior seau who comitted suicide of 43. We sat down with a doctor from Mercy Medical center to learn more about cte, whi ....

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