A YOUNG man's night out with old
mates in his home town has ended with him seriously injured in a
sickening street attack.
Ben O'Toole is believed
to have been kicked in the assault by three men in Moorabool St,
Geelong.
Mr O'Toole will turn 22
today in the Alfred hospital after an exchange of words at 3am
yesterday ended with him being knocked unconscious.
He did not wake up
until last night and was listed as seriously ill.
Family friend and
Herald Sun reporter Geoff Easdown said the incident happened
after Mr O'Toole and a bouncer became involved in a verbal
disagreement across Moorabool St.
The victim told his
family he had been attacked by three men and kicked, he said.
Mr O'Toole's brother
Mick said he would not have looked for trouble.
"He's a fun-loving kid.
He's never been in trouble. I can't understand why anyone would
want to hurt him," he said.
Ben O'Toole, who
recently started work as a junior cameraman at Channel Nine,
lost his father Peter in May.
His mother Sue, brother
and two sisters were by his hospital bedside last night.
