AFL coach’s son dies in crash

The teenage son of Hawthorn assistant coach Brett Ratten has died in a car crash.

The Hawks confirmed that 16-year-old Cooper Ratten died in a car rollover just after 3am on Sunday morning.

He was a rear passenger in the accident at Yarra Glen north east of Melbourne.

“Cooper … received life-threatening injuries and died enroute to the hospital,” the Hawks said in a statement.

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