Teenage boy remains critical after accident at ropes course
A teenage boy remains in a critical condition after becoming entangled on a high ropes course at a school camp in southeast Queensland.
The 14-year-old student from Brisbane’s Marist College Ashgrove was on a Year 9 camp when the accident occurred just after 10am on Wednesday at Woodford, north of Brisbane.
He suffered facial and neck injuries and was flown to the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, where his condition remained critical on Thursday.
His family is by his bedside as workplace health and safety officials try to work out what went wrong.
The college has cancelled the remainder of the camp and is offering counselling to students.
Marist College headmaster Peter McLoughlin is expected to release a statement on Thursday morning.
“The boys have been informed of the accident on site and it is our intention to provide a debrief and counselling support at school [Thursday] morning,” he wrote in an email to parents according to ABC.
Workplace health and safety staff have attended the scene of the incident and an investigation is underway.
