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NATIONAL NEWS: Child fighting for life after brick hit him on head

An eight-year-old boy had to be placed in a medically induced coma after he was struck on the side of the head by a brick.

An eight-year-old boy is fighting for his life in the Netcare Clinton Hospital in Alberton after a brick struck him against the head on the N12 West highway last Thursday.

The brick struck Caden Slabbert against the side of his head when a man allegedly threw the brick at the vehicle. The brick crashed through the passenger window and hit Caden. The Slabbert family’s vehicle was the fourth incident on Thursday.

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