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8-year-old Wisconsin boy dies after hit in head by baseball

MISHICOT, Wis. — Sheriff’s officials say an 8-year-old boy has died in eastern Wisconsin after getting hit in the head with a baseball.

Authorities say first responders were called to a home in the Manitowoc County town of Mishicot Wednesday afternoon where the boy was struck while playing baseball and collapsed.

He was taken to a hospital in Two Rivers where he was pronounced dead. Manitowoc County sheriff’s investigators say the incident was an accident.

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