Faculty Baseball Participant Useless At 19 After Dugout Collapse

A 19-year-old school baseball participant tragically died in Pennsylvania this week … after officers say he was significantly injured when a dugout collapsed on him.

The story is horrifying … Central Penn Faculty infielder Angel Mercado-Ocasio, a freshman, was serving to a youth baseball league at a park in Harrisburg on Monday afternoon — when tragedy struck.

In accordance with Metropolis of Harrisburg spokesperson Matt Maisel, Mercado-Ocasio was working to take down a makeshift dugout that had been illegally constructed on the discipline … however a part of it fell immediately, touchdown on the baseball participant.

The teenager sustained vital wounds and was rushed to the hospital … however Maisel stated he sadly handed away at 11:12 PM Tuesday.

“Our Central Penn Faculty household is devastated by the lack of Angel,” Central Penn Faculty President Linda Fedrizzi-Williams wrote in an announcement on Wednesday. “As pals who’ve change into household, we’re mourning the heart-wrenching lack of one in all our personal, a promising younger athlete who senselessly misplaced his life whereas serving to others benefit from the sport he cherished a lot.”

Fedrizzi-Williams stated the baseball staff was in a position to say its goodbyes to Mercado-Ocasio on Tuesday … including, “No phrases can adequately categorical our anguish.”

Mercado-Ocasio performed in 17 video games for Central Penn Faculty this season, recording two hits, two RBIs and 7 stolen bases.

He final suited up for the staff simply days in the past … on Might 6.

RIP.