Queensland teen dies after tragic 'toading' accident
A young Queensland teenager who was accidentally struck in the head by a golf club while hunting for cane toads has died in hospital.
Zeke Douglas's mother desperately tried to revive her teenage son, who collapsed immediately following the blow and then went into cardiac arrest on the Sunshine Coast.
Police said it was a tragic accident and there were no suspicious circumstances. Source: Facebook.
The ambulance service said the boy suffered a significant head injury and friends performed CPR on the teen while they waited for help to arrive. Source: 7 News.
The 13-year-old's family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support on Tuesday afternoon.
The group of boys had been hunting cane toads near a golf course at Maroochydore around 7.30pm on Saturday when the accident occurred.
Following the blow, Zeke's friends called an ambulance and he was rushed to Nambour Hospital.
Zeke had been hunting cane toads with his friends. Source: Facebook/7 News.
He was then flown to Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, where he was placed on life support.
Initial police investigations indicate the incident was a tragic accident and there are no suspicious circumstances.
“It was a very traumatic and upsetting scene. You still had the other children that were there,” paramedic Toni Careless told 7 News.
Speaking before his death, the grandmother of one of Zeke's mates said the teenager's mother was devastated.
The scene where the incident occurred. Source: Google Maps.
"She called my grandson yesterday and she was absolutely distraught," the woman, who didn't want to be named, told News Corp.
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.
Cane toads should be killed humanely by putting them to sleep in the fridge before freezing them, according to the RSPCA.
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