Young and fit Gold Coast tradition collapses during a game of OzTag and dies while GoFundMe is set up
Fit and healthy student Tradie, 20, collapses during a game of OzTag and dies
- Young and fit tradie collapsed during a game of Oztag
- He died in Gold Coast Hospital surrounded by family
A young and healthy apprentice tradition has passed away after collapsing during a game of OzTag – as friends and family shared tributes to a “loving soul with a heart of gold.”
Caleb Pace, 20, died at Gold Coast Hospital at about 4:30am on Friday morning after “fighting for his life” in a coma.
Caleb, who was working as an apprentice electrician on the Gold Coast, was playing a game of OzTag when he collapsed on the field on June 20 and went into cardiac arrest.
Bystanders performed CPR on the young Aussie when an ambulance was called to the sports ground.
Caleb was taken to hospital where he was put on a ventilator and put into an induced coma.
Apprentice trader Caleb Pace (pictured left), 20, has died just three days after collapsing on the pitch during an OzTag match in the Gold Coast
a GoFundMe page was founded by family friend Jessica Trevor to support his devastated family, including mother Michelle, father Tony and brother Cy, 19.
“Everyone who has had the privilege of meeting and knowing you is praying,” Mrs. Trevor wrote.
Tributes have been shared for Caleb after he tragically passed away while surrounded by family on Friday.
His parents and brother said he was an “incredibly generous, giving, caring, kind and loving soul with a heart of pure gold.”
“He will always be remembered as a true angel by all who knew him and had the privilege of meeting him,” they said to the Gold Coast Bulletin.
Michelle expressed her grief over the loss of her son in a post on Facebook.
“My baby is gone and life will never be the same again,” she wrote.
“He was the kindest, purest soul you would ever meet.”
“His smile, his laugh, his warmth.”
“He was an angel on earth and now he has his wings.”
She added that her heart was “broken” and she was “in so much pain.”
Friends and family have shared tributes to the young man (pictured left) describing him as a ‘generous’, ‘kind’ and ‘loving soul’
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