A coroner's investigation is underway after the death of an 18-year-old who was re-admitted to hospital a week after an altercation in Hamilton.
The youth died in Waikato Hospital on Friday.
Police spokesman Tony Sasso says the man had been in a fight the previous week.
Mr Sasso says the teenager was back in hospital on Thursday night and died the next day.
A post mortem examination scheduled for today is expected establish the cause of his death.
- NEWSTALK ZB
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