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A 19-year-old has died successful New Zealand aft being critically injured successful a viral tackling crippled during which participants tally afloat velocity astatine each different head-on.
The teenager, named locally arsenic Ryan Satterthwaite, suffered a superior caput wounded erstwhile tackled successful Palmerston North connected Sunday day and was taken to infirmary by his friends, constabulary said.
However, Inspector Ross Grantham confirmed helium died connected Monday night.
"This young man's decease is an implicit calamity and my thoughts are with his household and friends," helium said successful a statement.
The crippled helium and his friends had been playing was based connected the "run it straight" game, which has grown successful popularity online and sees radical vie successful full-contact collisions without protective gear.
Mr Grantham added: "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.
"We would impulse anyone reasoning astir taking portion successful a crippled oregon lawsuit similar this to see the important information and wounded risks."
Police said they are not treating what happened arsenic a transgression substance but volition proceed to analyse the incidental connected behalf of the coroner.
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The viral crippled is believed to beryllium based connected the RUNIT competition, described connected its website arsenic the "world's fiercest, caller collision sport" which is "born to spell viral, built to interruption limits".
It involves 2 radical charging astatine each different connected a tract 20 metres agelong and 4 metres wide.
"Victory belongs to the 1 who dominates the collision," the website says.
Social media is afloat of videos of radical trying retired the game. In 1 video, a antheral tin beryllium seen seemingly visibly disorientated and shaking arsenic radical assistance him to his feet.
In a connection to New Zealand outlet Stuff Magazine aft Mr Satterthwaite's death, RUNIT Championship League said it did "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."
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