Teen rider killed during rodeo training

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Teen rider killed during rodeo training
By Allison Salz ,Edmonton Sun
First posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:47 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:59 PM EDT
EDMONTON- A teenaged Saddle Bronc rider is dead after a mishap while training for a rodeo in a community southwest of Edmonton
Members of the general public jumped in to help after a 16-year-old boy was struck by a horse during a junior rodeo training event at the Thorsby Haymaker Center in Thorsby, Alta.
When RCMP and EMS arrived at the rodeo arena, CPR was already under way, said mounties in a release.
STARS was called out to the scene, but the teen succumbed to his injuries before they arrived.
Mounties say the teen was from the Turner Valley area, and was taking part in the John Duffy Bucking School at the rodeo arena.
The training weekend comes ahead of the Thorsby Haymaker Rodeo, which takes place in May and sees hundreds of participants converge on the area each year.
The teen’s name has not been released.
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[taxslave]

****ty. This happens in all sports from time to time. better bubble wrap the kids.

 

[#juan]

Are Animals Injured?

Unfortunately, they kill far more livestock than stupid riders,

 

[Liberalman]

What a waste

 

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Dad watched son killed in rodeo practice
CALGARY -- He was a father willing to drive his teenage son nearly 500 km to rodeo school, and prepared to watch from the sidelines as his boy did battle with bucking broncos.
Wayne Steiger was clearly there for his 16-year-old Ben, though what he had to do next is something no parent ever imagines.
The chute opened, and Ben went where thousands of prairie kids have gone before: he failed to hang on, and the saddle bronc chucked the Turner Valley, Alta., teen face-first to the ground -- but instead of simply being winded and maybe a little embarrassed, Ben somehow ended up under the horse's hooves.

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