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18-year-old Sonny Blundell died from injuries he sustained after hitting his head while doing a backflip on June 24, according to reports
\nThe Australian teen had been celebrating his new move from New South Wales to the Gold Coast in Queensland with his girlfriend at the time
\nBlundell was reportedly hospitalized and placed into a coma before passing away on June 30
\nAn Australian teenager has died after hitting his head while doing a backflip in his new apartment, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Sonny Blundell, 18, had been celebrating his move from the Central Coast in New South Wales to the Gold Coast in Queensland when the incident occurred on June 24. He \u201cwas found unresponsive\u201d by his housemate in the lounge room of their apartment, Australian newspapers The Daily Telegraph and The Courier Mail reported.<\/p>\n
<\/ins><\/div>\n Blundell was hospitalized and placed into a coma before undergoing brain surgery. He later died from his injuries on June 30, according to the outlets.<\/p>\n His sister Izabella Cromack-Hay said he had recently moved to the Gold Coast suburb of Southport \u201cto start a new life with his girlfriend\u201d after being offered a concreting job in the area, per The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n \u201cMoving to Queensland only a month ago, which was his greatest accomplishment, he worked the hardest concreting and making himself known,\u201d Cromack-Hay told the outlet.<\/p>\n Blundell had facetimed with his sister on the day of the incident, she recalled. He had been celebrating moving to Southport beach with his best friend Mitchell Bullard when he did the backflip, per The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n <\/ins><\/div>\n \u201cHe hit his head in the lounge room on the ground and had a headache went to bed,\u201d Cromack-Hay told the outlet. \u201c[He] woke up went to the toilet vomiting and then passed out that\u2019s when his best friend found him unresponsive in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n Blundell was sent to the Queensland Hospital Intensive Care Unit. He suffered \u201cmultiple strokes\u201d and a brain bleed ahead of having brain surgery, his sister shared on a GoFundMe page before his death.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first 24 hours were the most critical \u2026 we nearly lost him after having multiple strokes and another bleed, which led to him needing a drain in his brain,\u201d wrote Cromack-Hay. \u201cThere is major uncertainty that Sonny will or will not pull through. He\u2019s working his hardest as there could be recovery and rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sonny-blundell-07025-1-dfb6f0131c3a4d87a93335b9e2b04079.jpg\")
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