KFDM COOP Posted March 12, 2008 Report Posted March 12, 2008 Be Careful Around Shot Puts! Student hit in head by shot put at Burleson High 2:43 PM CT 02:44 PM CDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 From Staff Reports A student was recovering Wednesday after being hit in the head by a shot put during track practice at Burleson High School, a district official said. Burleson school district superintendent Mark Jackson said the student had gone to retrieve his and another teammate’s shot puts about 5 p.m. Tuesday when a third student took a turn with his shot put. As teammates warned the student of the flying shot put, the student tried to duck to avoid it but was instead struck in the head, superintendent Jackson said. The coach began to administer first aid and 911 was called. “It was just one of those situations – wrong place, wrong time,†he said. The student was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital. His parents said his situation was improving and that the student had a skull fracture, the school district said. Officials were reviewing the incident to see whether any practice guidelines should be changed, the superintendent said.
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