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Basildon Girl, 12, Dies After Being Struck By A Ball In School

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PA/The Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 13/03/2012 17:54 Updated: 13/03/2012 17:58

A 12-year-old girl died on Tuesday after being struck by a ball at a school in Basildon, Essex, the East of England Ambulance Service said.

Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: "First and foremost our thoughts are firmly with the girls family at this tragic time."

Gary added: "The ambulance crew arrived at the scene within one minute and found the girl in a critical condition. Following rapid treatment and stabilisation by the ambulance crews, she was taken to an awaiting medical team at Basildon Hospital where sadly she died shortly after."

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lmcmaps
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11:46 AM on 03/14/2012
She was hit the the chest with a rugby ball, keeled over and appeared to have a fit in front of the other students. Children (both boys and girls) took flowers to the school this morning, and there has been a lot of police/camera crew activity. Such a tragic accident, and our hearts go out to the family and friends
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ComradeWinston
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07:57 PM on 03/13/2012
...and someone, somewhere will use this as an excuse to finally rid schools of fun once and for all.
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Fretmaster 2
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06:09 PM on 03/13/2012
This had to be a baseball or softball.
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wrightrjj
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06:01 PM on 03/13/2012
ok ....where did she get hit...in the head, what kind of ball...baseball, soccer ball,?!!! geezzz short story.
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