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Jackass stardies in crash

JACKASS TV star RyanDunn was killed earlyyesterday in a fiery carcrash in the US.

The 34-year-old wasdriving his Porschewhen it flipped over aguardrail and crashedinto woods before burst-ing into flames.

A passenger, ZacharyHartwell, 30, also waskilled.

Speed may have beena factor in the crash,police said.

A massive tyre skidmarked where the carleft the roadway.

Dunn and Hartwellwere severely burned.

Police were able toidentify Dunn throughhis tattoos and hair.PAGE 38: Life ends infast lane

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Where’s my nose gone? Brave boy gets a normal life

LOOKING AHEAD: Martinho Ronaldo yesterday, who will now be able to attend school and, inset, before the surgery. Pictures: JAMES ELSBY, TEAGAN GLENANE

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MARTINHO Ronaldo’sfather had just two wishesbefore he died – that his son’snose be fixed and that he bebaptised.

Both have now come truein Adelaide – Martinho wasbaptised in the Women’s andChildren’s Hospital chapel onEaster Sunday just daysbefore undergoing life-changing craniofacial andreconstructive surgery.

Funded by the governmentand Children First Foun-dation – the same charityinvolved in the separation ofBangladeshi twins Trishnaand Krishna – Martinho ar-

rived in Australia with hismother, Elsa Sanchez, forsurgery in mid-April. His fa-ther passed away suddenlylast year.

Children First SA volunteerSharon Murdock, who has co-ordinated the family’s Adel-aide stay, said Martinho was‘‘quite a bright boy’’.

‘‘The first thing he askedwhen he woke up from sur-gery was ‘where has my nosegone?’,’’ she said.

The surgery means thatMartinho and his brotherPedro, 7, will be able to attendschool when they return toEast Timor soon.

‘‘Now he has a chance at anormal life, it is life-changingfor the family,’’ she said.

She said disabilities oftencaused stigma among vil-lagers who do not understandthe condition and MrsSanchez had kept her sonshome from school becauseshe feared Martinho could bebullied or hurt.

Craniofacial surgeon DrMark Moore discoveredMartinho last November atan AusAID-sponsored clinicrun by the Royal AustralasianCollege of Surgeons in EastTimor.

‘‘He had fronto ethomoidalencephalocele. . . he was ob-viously a case that couldn’t bedone there, so we got hisdetails, took photos andbrought that informationback here,’’ Dr Moore said.

The doctor and his teamtook about three hours toremove the bulge – a birthdefect created by a hole in thebone of the forehead – onMay 10.

‘‘It is a sort of herniation ofbrain tissue and fluid fromaround the brain,’’ Dr Mooresaid.

‘‘It’s like a sack . . . insideis some fluid and abnormalbrain tissue which is notneeded or functioning.

‘‘It was a matter of rem-oving that very obviousprotrusion and repairingthe layers and replacingthe bone.’’

Dr Moore said the cause ofthe condition was unknownand peculiar to Indonesia,

Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnamand other parts of Asia.

‘‘Martinho should functionnormally now and be able togo to school and have anormal existence,’’ he said.

In August, Dr Moore willreturn to work in clinics inEast Timor and will check upon Martinho.

Children First SA is hostinga fundraising lunch on Friday,August 12. Call Von Shepherdon 0417 723 826 to book.

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C H I L D R E N w h o s emothers smoke whilepregnant face a greaterrisk of a heart attack orstroke when they growup, research shows.

The children werefound to have lowerlevels of a type of chol-esterol that protectsagainst heart diseasecompared with thoseborn to non-smokers.

The University of Syd-ney’s Scandrett profes-sor of cardiology, DavidCelermajer, led the re-search, which examinedmore than 400 eight-year-olds.

He estimated that chil-dren born to smokersfaced a 10-to-15 per centhigher risk of developingcoronary disease.

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