Other Similar Incidents Highlight the Risks
The teen’s death comes after an Australian high school student was impaled by a javelin in a freak accident during a PE lesson back in 2020.
A case that also required urgent trauma surgery, extended hospitalization, and potentially involved long-term injury rehabilitation programs.
The 12-year-old boy pierced his groin when he tripped over the razor-sharp gym equipment at Saint Stephen’s College in the northern Gold Coast suburb of Coomera.
The boy still had parts of the javelin inside his body when he arrived at the Gold Coast University Hospital after fire crews had broken off the ends.
With cutting equipment — an operation involving high-risk pediatric trauma care, radiology testing, and emergency surgical intervention.
The boy is believed to have fallen on top of the javelin after he tried to jump over it while it was stuck in the ground, The Courier-Mail reported.
