Teenager hit by puck has died

[s4]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A teenage girl hit in the head by a puck at an NHL game has died, hospital officials said Tuesday.
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very sad

 

[alex]

Terrible tragedy

 

[unclehobart]

Wow... She left the building under her own power. Any word on what it was that actually did her in? An undiscovered clot of some kind? brain swell? ... eek... that sucks sooo bad.

 

[Professur]

Hockey is bad, Um-Kay?

 

[unclehobart]

CNN just said that the impact was at about 120mph and hit her just forward of the left temple which caused her brain to do a violent shift inside her skull. This apparently opened up one of her arteries and caused a bleed out. She rapidly decayed on the way to the hospital and started to stroke out. She was the unfortunate victim of a clotting and bleeder stroke at the same time. All they can do it give her the anti clot meds and then go in and try to repair the bleed... The damage was too severe.

 

[greenfreak]

Coup-contra-coup is a bitch alright.

 

[s4]

I am not going anywhere near a hockey game.

i'm serious

 

[Gonzo]

This is a tragedy.

They put a large net behind batters in baseball. There's a plexiglas barrier in hockey. Football & basketball has some really big guys, who ocassionally crash into the stands. All major sporting events warn of the possibility of injury or death on the ticket & sometimes as an announcement. This was a freak accident. How much will the parents get & what laws will/should be passed to prevent such accidents from happening again?

 

[s4]

I suggest making the barrier even taller.

 

[Neo]

yea a taller barriar would be approiate for hockey. Ive been to a few games and watched the pucks go flying into the stands. kinda scary at times.