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| 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. | 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’s family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support on Tuesday. | The 13-year-old’s family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support on Tuesday. |
| 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. | 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. |
| He immediately collapsed and his friends called an ambulance, which rushed him to Nambour hospital in a critical condition | He immediately collapsed and his friends called an ambulance, which rushed him to Nambour hospital in a critical condition |
| He was then flown to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento children’s hospital, where he was put on life support. | 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. | 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. | 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. | “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. | 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. |