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April 3, 2009 11:00 am Rugby UnionThe ACT Brumbies squad remains in deep shock following an horrific accident in which Shawn Mackay was struck by a car in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Following a loss to the Sharks, it is alleged that a number of Brumbies players went out on the town to take in the Durban nightlife.
On the way home and just metres from the hotel, Mackay stepped out onto the road into the path of an oncoming car and is lucky to be alive.
Doctors in Durban placed the young superstar in a drug induced coma in which he is expected to remain for a minimum of forty eight hours and until he is brought out of the coma the extent of his injuries cannot fully be assessed.
At 4.15 am on Sunday morning, players were about to board a security van to take them back to the hotel when Mackay was struck by an armed response vehicle, the driver of which sped off from the scene only to return minutes later, an allegation that Durban police will neither deny or confirm.
Mackay sustained a cervical spine fracture and dislocation, a fractured skull, a compound fracture of the left leg as well as multiple fractures and lacerations to the face.
Doctors at St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban fear that the likely outcome will be permanent paralysis.
According to sources within the team who remained at the Hotel for a good nights rest, the remainder of the squad returned to the hotel in tears and ‘complete shock’ believing that Mackay had in fact been killed. Check here for our review of sportingbet.com.au