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Officials are investigating after a 9-year-old boy was accidentally struck and killed during a baseball game in Wichita, Kansas, Tulsa's KRMG reports.
Kaiser Carlile, a batboy for the Liberal Bee Jays, was hit in the head during a National Baseball Congress World Series game.
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The Wichita Eagle reports that Kaiser was struck by a follow-through swing near the on-deck circle on Saturday afternoon.
Baseball officials say the child was wearing a helmet.
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The home-plate umpire, who is also a paramedic, treated the boy until an ambulance arrived. The team announced the boy's death Sunday.
"With the permission of the family, and with much sorrow and a very broken heart, I regretfully inform everyone that Kaiser Carlile passed away earlier this evening," the team said, according to CNN. "Please keep his family and our team in your thoughts and prayers."
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