SAN MARCOS -- The family of a San Marcos teen who suffered a brain injury during a high school football game sued the district, alleging that school officials failed to recognize the severity of the injury in a timely way, it was reported Thursday.

Scott Eveland, now 18, collapsed during a Mission Hills High School football game on Sept. 14, 2007 and spent several weeks in a coma. A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Eveland's family names the San Marcos School District and the city, which provided paramedics at the game, The North County Times reported.

Eveland's family alleges that instead of taking the teen to the hospital in an ambulance kept on standby on the football field, officials called for a second ambulance. The delay exacerbated the injury, according to the lawsuit.

"When you have a head injury, every second counts," attorney David Casey said. "The failure to transport is inexplicable."

Neither the school district nor the city had an immediate response to the lawsuit.

Eveland continues to receive medical care in his family's home. The injury left him unable to speak and barely able to move, the Times reported.