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A teenage boy who was accidentally hit on the head with a golf club while hunting for cane toads has died in hospital. A young teenager who was left in a critical condition after being accidentally hit in the head by a golf club has died in hospital.
The 13-year-old was with friends when he was struck near a former golf course at Maroochydore, on the Sunshine Coast, on Sunday night. The 13-year-old’s family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support on Tuesday.
He was rushed to Nambour hospital in a critical condition and later flown to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento children’s hospital. The teenager had been hunting cane toads with friends near a golf course at Maroochydore, on the Sunshine Coast, about 7.30pm on Saturday when he was accidentally struck in the head with a golf club.
On Tuesday his family made the decision to turn off his life support. He immediately collapsed and his friends called an ambulance, which rushed him to Nambour hospital in a critical condition
More to come... He was then flown to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento children’s hospital, where he was put on life support.
Initial police investigations indicate the incident was a tragic accident and there were no suspicious circumstances.
Speaking before his death, the grandmother of one of his mates said the teenager’s mother was devastated.
“She called my grandson yesterday and she was absolutely distraught,” the woman, who didn’t want to be named, told the Courier-Mail.
The RSPCA has repeatedly appealed to Queenslanders intent on killing cane toads not to hit them with golf clubs or cricket bats, saying such methods rarely kill the pests.