Boy hit by fencing at Devon football match dies

A 12-year-old boy who was struck by fencing which lodged in his head as he watched a football match in Devon, has died from his injuries.

Tiverton High School pupil Olly Croker was airlifted to a Bristol hospital after the incident on Saturday but died on Monday night.

A Bradninch club spokesman described it as a "freak accident".

Jon Kay reports.

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