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College baseball player dies while dismantling makeshift dugout
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theguardian.comA college baseball player died after he was struck in the face when a makeshift dugout he was helping to dismantle collapsed on him this week.
Angel Mercado, 19, was a middle infielder who had just completed his freshman season at Division II Central Penn College. He had been playing in a summer recreation league that held its games and practices in a park in Harrisburg.
The coach of Mercado’s team had built a makeshift dugout there out of wood on Sunday, but city officials told him it wasn’t allowed.
Mercado was among a group of players dismantling the structure on Monday afternoon when it unexpectedly collapsed and he was struck in the face.
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