Boy recovers from javelin injury

By Sarah Schwager
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has returned home from hospital treatment after being impaled on a javelin at his Cranbourne school last week.
The boy was participating in a sports class at Lyndhurst Secondary College last Thursday morning when he ran into his javelin, which was stuck in the ground.
Senior Sergeant Bernie Kaminski from Cranbourne CIU said the students were throwing javelins on the school oval.
When it was safe the teacher had told them to retrieve their javelins.
Sen Sgt Kaminski said the boy’s javelin was at a 45-degree angle and he failed to see the end of it and ran into it, impaling himself through the groin area and out the buttocks.
The CFA attended and cut the ends of the javelin before the boy was flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital. He had surgery later that day.
Lyndhurst Secondary College’s assistant principal, Helen Brown, said the boy arrived home from hospital on Tuesday and was doing as well as could be expected.
“We are all thrilled and relieved that he is doing so well,” Ms Brown said.
“He is young so he should make a full recovery. As far as we are aware there are no lasting injuries.
“If he does well, he could be back at school soon, we’ll just have to wait and see how he goes. We’re just glad he’s home with his parents.”
Ms Brown said the boy was very lucky, as the injury could have been much worse.
“It was an awful incident but it could have been devastating, he’s so lucky. We are so relieved he is okay and back at home.”