ACT Brumbies rugby player Mackay dies

ACT Brumbies Super 14 rugby forward Shawn Mackay has died in a Durban hospital from injuries he received after being hit by a vehicle, team officials said Monday. Mackay, 26, died at about 0100 GMT, having suffered a cardiac arrest, a Brumbies spokesman said.

Mackay had been in hospital, critically ill with multiple injuries, since March 29 when he was hit by an armed response car in a Durban street while on the Canberra-based Brumbies’ tour of South Africa.

Team officials said Mackay had shown some positive signs after being brought out of a medically induced coma late last week and underwent surgery.

SYDNEY, Monday, AFP