{"id":1297528,"date":"2023-05-25T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/college-baseball-player-dies-from-injuries-after-makeshift-dugout-collapses\/1297528\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T18:10:15","slug":"college-baseball-player-dies-from-injuries-after-makeshift-dugout-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/college-baseball-player-dies-from-injuries-after-makeshift-dugout-collapses\/1297528\/","title":{"rendered":"College baseball player dies from injuries after makeshift dugout collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tragedy struck this week in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when a 19-year-old college baseball player died Wednesday from injuries sustained when a makeshift dugout fell on him Monday.<\/p>\n

Angel Mercado-Ocasio, a freshman at Central Penn College who played shortstop and second base, was volunteering at a youth baseball league when a wooden dugout he and others were deconstructing collapsed. Mercado-Ocasio reportedly suffered a head injury and was resuscitated before being taken to a local hospital, according to ABC27<\/a>. He spent two days in the hospital before he died. Another unidentified person also suffered unknown injuries.<\/p>\n

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“Our Central Penn College family is devastated by the loss of Angel,” college president Linda Fedrizzi-Williams wrote in a statement<\/a>. “As friends who have become family, we are mourning the heart-wrenching loss of one of our own, a promising young athlete who senselessly lost his life while helping others enjoy the sport he loved so much.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“No words can adequately express our anguish.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A college baseball player died after a dugout collapsed on him at a youth league. (Photo by Rich Schultz\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>
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The group attempted to take down the wooden dugout after the city said they didn’t have a permit to build the structure on the ball field in Harrisburg, according to Fox43<\/a>. Head coach Geraldo Diaz added that some of the players were “playing around” the dugout, and he told them to stop before the dugout collapsed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried my best to protect him,” Diaz said. “I got mad at them. I told them to stop playing around, but kids will be kids. I still feel responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Maisel, director of communications for the city of Harrisburg, told Fox that the city’s Parks and Recreation Department will finish taking down the dugouts after a site review. No legal action will be taken against the coach or players, according to Maisel, nor has any legal action been taken against the city.<\/p>\n

Mercado-Ocasio tallied a .167 batting average with 11 hits, two RBI and seven stolen bases in 17 games for Central Penn.<\/p>\n

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