BBC News | SCOTLAND | Boy dies after freak golf accident

A five-year-old boy has died after being accidentally hit by a friend with a golf club.

Gavin Innes, of Lewisvale Avenue, Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, was caught on the windpipe by the club when he stood too close as a friend swung it.

They were playing in a park just a few hundred yards from his home when the tragedy happened on Friday afternoon.

He was taken to Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, but was declared dead shortly after arrival.

Edinburgh Sick Children's Hospital
The boy who swung the club, who is also aged five, has not been named.

A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said it appeared to be a tragic accident and a report was being prepared for the procurator fiscal.

A neighbour, who asked not to be identified, said the community was shocked by the accident.

"You can see by the floral tributes he was a well-liked boy," he said.

The man said two locals who attempted to resuscitate the boy had been badly affected by the death.

"There were two local men trying to resuscitate him but I think they knew the job they had on.

"It's just a tragic accident. Most of the people here have rallied around the family."


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