13-Year-Old Boy Who Was Hit in the Head by a Golf Club While Toad Hunting Has Passed Away

A 13-year-old boy, who was toad hunting when he was accidentally hit in the head by a golf club, has died in hospital.

Zeke Douglas was among the group of boys who had been hunting cane toads near a golf course at Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast around 7.30pm on Saturday when the accident happened.

Following the blow, Zeke collapsed immediately and then went into cardiac arrest. His mother desperately tried to revive him before his friends called an ambulance and he was rushed to Nambour Hospital. He was then flown to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, where he was placed on life support.

On Tuesday afternoon, his family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support.

Initial police investigations revealed and paramedic Toni Careless told 7 News that it was a tragic accident and there are no suspicious circumstances.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has repeatedly appealed to people who want to kill cane toads not to hit them with golf clubs or cricket bats, saying such methods rarely kill the pests. It recommended that cane toads should be killed humanely by putting them to sleep in the fridge before freezing them.

Source: Au.news.yahoo.com