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Wellington, New Zealand — A 19-year-old New Zealand antheral has died aft taking portion successful a caller tackling crippled that's trending connected societal media successful which competitors tally astatine each different and collide portion wearing nary protective equipment. Police confirmed Ryan Satterthwaite suffered a caput wounded connected Sunday portion playing a backyard crippled with friends successful the North Island metropolis of Palmerston North. He died connected Monday arsenic a effect of his injuries.
Area constabulary commandant Inspector Ross Grantham described Satterthwaite's decease arsenic "a immense tragedy" and urged others to "consider the important information and wounded risks" of the crippled that is known arsenic RUNIT oregon RUNIT Straight.
"A young antheral mislaid his beingness arsenic a effect of participating successful what I recognize to beryllium a societal media frenzy," Grantham said. "While this is not a transgression matter, constabulary volition proceed to undertake inquiries connected behalf of the coroner."
Grantham said "the tackle crippled played by the radical of friends was based connected a societal media-driven inclination wherever participants vie successful full-contact collisions without protective gear.
"While this was an impromptu crippled among friends, not a planned event, this tragic result does item the inherent information concerns with specified an activity."
RUNIT is based loosely connected the interaction elements of rugby union, rugby league oregon the NFL and involves 2 competitors, a runner and a tackler, moving astatine each different and colliding connected a 65 ft by 13 ft country known arsenic a battlefield.
The crippled has grown successful societal media popularity done the Australian RUNIT Championship League, which offers currency prizes to competitors. Organizers beforehand the lawsuit arsenic "the world's fiercest caller collision sport."
Two proceedings events successful Auckland successful caller weeks saw 8 men vie for 20,000 New Zealand dollars ($12,000) successful beforehand of much than 1,000 spectators. Winners were expected to spell into a title lawsuit adjacent period with prize wealth of up to 250,000 New Zealand dollars ($150,000).
Two different events successful Auckland were canceled erstwhile organizers were incapable to get permits.
The RUNIT Championship League released a connection to the New Zealand quality website Stuff connected Tuesday, saying it "does not promote immoderate copying of the athletics arsenic it should lone beryllium done nether the strict conditions."
"This is tragic quality and our hearts spell retired to the household and friends of Ryan. Any interaction athletics similar boxing, martial arts oregon combat-style activities should lone beryllium held successful highly controlled environments which see nonrecreational aesculapian supervision and support."
RUNIT has been powerfully condemned by experts successful caput injuries who accidental competitors tally a precocious hazard of a superior encephalon injury.
It is by nary means the archetypal social media-fueled inclination to gully information warnings aft a tragedy. Medical experts person been forced to pass people, and young radical successful particular, astir the risks of everything from inhaling solvents to abusing over-the-counter medications and adjacent snorting condoms.
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