Friends hid ute burnout injury that killed footballer, coroner says

A coroner in Tasmania has found that friends of a twenty-one-year-old footballer delayed getting him proper medical help after he fell from the back of a ute during a burnout, fearing the driver would get in trouble. ABC News reports the delay was a key factor examined in the inquest into his death. The coroner's findings, released Monday, focus on how that hesitation affected the outcome.

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