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Boy, 15, shot in back while hunting near Bathurst

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been accidentally shot in the back while hunting on a property outside Bathurst. The boy was with three other people on a property when a 12-gauge shotgun fired while it was lying in the back of a ute.

15-year-old shot in Bathurst

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been accidentally shot in the back while hunting on a property outside Bathurst.

The boy was with three other people on a property just before 9am when a 12-gauge shotgun fired while it was lying in the back of a ute.

A 15-year-old boy has been shot in the back while hunting. Picture: TNV
A 15-year-old boy has been shot in the back while hunting. Picture: TNV
A 12-gauge shotgun fired while it was lying in the back of a ute. Picture: TNV
A 12-gauge shotgun fired while it was lying in the back of a ute. Picture: TNV

It’s understood the ute rolled back and hit something which made the gun fire.

Another person in the hunting group drove the boy to the end of the property’s driveway on Busby Rd at Sofala where an ambulance met them.

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He was awake and breathing at this time.

The boy was taken by ambulance to Bathurst Airport where he was given a blood transfusion and put in an induced coma before he was flown to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/boy-15-shot-in-back-while-hunting-near-bathurst/news-story/def3639707a64d162bef57e1d0cdaf7d