(KRON) -- John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center was hit with a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the hospital and doctors of negligence for the death of an Acalanes High School athlete. The lawsuit claims that the teenager's death was "preventable."

Amin Noroozi, 17, was a popular varsity football player at Acalanes High School in Lafayette. As a three-sport athlete, he also competed in wrestling and track and field.

On April 13, a sunny day at Stinson Beach with friends changed in an instant when Noroozi ran across the sand, dove into shallow ocean waves, and hit his head on a sandbar. "When Amin struck his head on a sandbar, his neck snapped, causing a severe injury to his cervical spinal column," the lawsuit writes.

Noroozi was airlifted in a helicopter to John Muir hospital's L

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