[calex59]

This sounds like the death of the first Confederate during the War of Northern Aggression. The soldier was hit in the chest with a spent round. The bullet did not penetrate but the trauma caused his heart to stop beating. Weird the ways we can die.

Actually if hit in the chest by an object, over the heart, in between beats the heart will stop. This has happened with basketballs and soccer balls and baseballs hitting a person, also a punch thrown at a persons chest can also have the same effect. More than likely this is what happened and if CPR had been administered immediately the kid probably would not have died.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Think I need a refresher on my CPR. Most EMTs tell me that it really does no good for a heart attack. With such a young victim maybe it would have been successful. Will never know. Having done equally stupid things in my youth, its a there but for the grace of God go I sort of thing. Prayers up for kid and his family.

[Osage Orange]

Actually...........it depends on the angle and force of the hit. And it also depends on the body type of the person that is hit.......

I have on purpose hit a person hard, in the chest with the ball of my fist....to take them out of V-Tach. Also, just asked an alert person to just cough hard...and that took them out of a run of V-Tach too............

fwiw-

[Ditto]

Actually if hit in the chest by an object, over the heart, in between beats the heart will stop. This has happened with basketballs and soccer balls and baseballs hitting a person, also a punch thrown at a persons chest can also have the same effect. More than likely this is what happened and if CPR had been administered immediately the kid probably would not have died.

I'm guessing that CPR would not have mattered at that point. A six pound object at a decent velocity is 'blunt force trauma' -- the kind that can crush heart tissue or split the aorta. That is far worse than a line drive or a punch that can knock the heart out of rhythm.