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Tributes flow for Ben Austin after fatal cricket accident
Melbourne teen, described as "popular and much loved", was hit by a cricket ball in practiceTributes are flowing for Melbourne teenager
Summary
Tributes are flowing for Melbourne teenager Ben Austin, who is being remembered as a "a truly great young person" following his death from injuries suffered during a cricket pre-match warm-up. Austin was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being struck in the neck by a ball at training at Ferntree Gully, in Melbourne's outer east, on Tuesday.
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People
- Phillip Hughes2
- Cooper2
- Tracey2
- Zach2
- Ben2
- Nick Cummins
- Jace Austin
- Phil Hughes
Organisations
- Ferntree Gully Cricket Club3
- Waverley Park Hawks Junior Football Club
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Cricket Victoria
Places
- Melbourne3
- Ferntree Gully2
- Monash Children's Hospital
- Western Australia
- Melbourne.Ben
- Australia
- Victoria
- Perth
Keywords
- after2
- practicetributes
- cricketer
- promising
- accident
- teenager
- mourns
- tragic
- being
- death
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Australia mourns tragic death of 17-year-old at cricket netsNewsWire English
Teenage cricketer dies in Melbourne after being hit by ballHiru News - English