A Pennsylvania baseball player died Tuesday when a dugout collapsed on him, and the community is reeling from the loss.
The young man and fellow players had been taking down makeshift wooden dugouts they put up at a field in Harrisburg.
The young baseball player for Central Penn College was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. However, he later died as a result of his injuries.a memorial set up at the baseball field in remembrance of Mercado-Ocasio, and those who knew and loved him expressed their grief over what happened, according to WGAL:
Today, we are deeply saddened to share that one of the 19-year-old baseball players seriously injured on Monday as he volunteered in a program unaffiliated with the college, helping with a youth baseball league in the city of Harrisburg, has passed away.
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