Bengals-Bills game suspended, Bills’ Damar Hamlin in critical condition

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – The Bengals-Bills game is officially postponed after a Bills player was defibrillated on-field at Paycor Stadium following his sudden collapse.

News of the postponement came several minutes after Bengals head coach Zac Taylor entered the Bills’ locker room and then emerging speaking with Bills head coach Sean McDermott.

A source tells FOX19 the Bills player, 24-year-old Damar Hamlin, has been intubated and is listed in critical condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

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The Bills are flying home Monday night.

No media availability or further comment from the teams tonight.

A UC Health spokesperson confirms the hospital will not offer comment either.

The NFL Players’ Association offered the following statement, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter:

“The NFLPA and everyone in our community is praying for Damar Hamlin. We have been in touch with Bills and Bengals players, and with the NFL. The only thing that matters at this moment is Damar’s health and well being.”

The NFL’s full statement is below.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was injured in the first quarter.

An ambulance entered the field at Paycor Stadium.

Hamlin appeared to suffer an injury while making a hit on Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin got up and remained standing for a few moments, but then he collapsed without attempting to support his fall.

First responders “frantically” administered CPR for “many minutes,” according to announcer Joe Buck.

He fell at 8:53 pm and remained down for more than fifteen minutes.

Hamlin was given oxygen, placed on a stretcher, hooked up to an IV and eventually carried into an ambulance.

the ambulance stayed in the tunnel as Hamlin’s mother made her way down from her seat in the stands.

Hamlin regained a pulse but is not breathing on his own, according to FOX19′s Joe Danneman. He required an automated external defibrillator on the field.

The ambulance went to UCMC with a police escort.

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