A 13-year old girl from Ohio died during her cheer-leading competition because of an underlying strep infection. While on stage she experienced numbness in hands and hamstring pain and felt weak. She was declared dead few hours after being rushed to the hospital. Doctors said that it happened because of sepsis that was triggered by her strep infection. She had acquired a strep infection a few years ago which was treated on time. However she reacquired it which caused sepsis a severe reaction to the infection. What is strep infection? Any infection caused by a group of bacteria Streptococci is