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Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:17 am |
A 13-year-old boy has died after falling from a shade sail at a primary
school at Hastings, south-east of Melbourne overnight.
 Police
say the teen was on the sail with a group of friends when it gave way, at
Hastings Westpark Primary School, just before 8:00pm (AEDT).
He died at the scene.
Another boy has been flown to hospital in Melbourne in a serious condition
with head injuries.
A third boy received minor injuries.
The boys had been celebrating winning a cricket grand final when the shade
sail gave way.
Ambulance officers initially had trouble reaching the injured children,
because the school was locked.
Paramedic David Llewelyn says one of the 13-year-old's friends tried to
revive him.
"His dad arrived, continued CPR while the ambulance was called, and other
parents came with bolt cutters to try and get access," he said.
"It was just quite pandemonium."
He says other children were taken home after the accident, but reported
injuries hours later.
"About three hours later the ambulance received another three reports of
different addresses where children now presented with injuries, so we had
ambulances transport four more boys to Frankston hospital for further
treatment," he said.
Shock
The families of a number of boys involved in the fatal fall are still coming
to grips with what happened.
Greg Bradshaw says his 15-year-old son went to play basketball at the school
with his friends after celebrating winning a cricket grand final.
He says his son remains in hospital with head injuries.
"He's got a fractured skull, but he's coherent this morning, so he should be
okay," he said.
"I spoke to one of the parents this morning, and they're all pretty
distraught. All the boys ended up in hospital last night in shock."
Source: ABC News
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