Upper Hutt teen William Jones dies one day after he was diagnosed with the flu Teen had a cough and a sore throat Family still don't know how he died READ MORE: Young and healthy boy died in his sleep By Pranav Harish For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:22 EDT, 1 July 2024 | Updated: 05:23 EDT, 1 July 2024 e-mail View comments The family of a healthy teenager have been plunged into shocked grief after he died hours after being diagnosed with the flu . William Jones, 16 was found unresponsive in his bed by his mother Rebecca Rollason at their home near Wellington, in New Zealand , on June 14. She called the doctor a day earlier after William developed a sore throat and cough two days prior.
The doctor told the concerned mother-of-three to give William plenty of fluids and to call again the next day if she was still worried about his condition. She went to check on William the following morning, but the teenager was already dead. 'We just don't understand how this can happen to a boy who was barely ever sick and was very healthy,' Ms Rollason told the New Zealand Herald .
'We ask ourselves how what started as a sore throat, snotty nose and a cough on Tuesday to no longer with us three days later.' Almost three weeks on, William's shattered family they still don't how he died. William Jones, 16 (pictured) was found unresponsive in his bed by his mother Rebecca Rollason at their home near Wellington, in New Zealand, on June 14 The grieving family are still waiting for results .