(AP) – Officials at Missouri Southern State University are working
to help cover medical expenses for the family of a 7-year-old boy who was
severely injured watching a baseball game.The Joplin Globe reports that Dawson Hirshey of Diamond was struck in the head by a line-drive foul ball on Friday while sitting in the stands at Joe Becker Stadium.
to help cover medical expenses for the family of a 7-year-old boy who was
severely injured watching a baseball game.The Joplin Globe reports that Dawson Hirshey of Diamond was struck in the head by a line-drive foul ball on Friday while sitting in the stands at Joe Becker Stadium.
University spokeswoman Cassie Mathes says Dawson was immediately taken to a Joplin hospital and later transferred to a children’s hospital in Kansas City, where he underwent brain surgery. She says the boy’s mother is a university employee.
University administrators also plan to visit the family at the hospital.
Mathes says the school wants to find the best way to financially support the family.
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