Child injured at baseball tournament, dies.

[GOINGDEEP]

Not too far from where I live. Kiss your babies everyday.................

Child injured at baseball tournament pronounced dead

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- A 10-year-old Byhalia boy has died after a fallen tree limb hit him in the head during a baseball tournament.

Tupelo Parks and Recreation Director Alex Farned said players were evacuating the field at Ballard Park during a storm when the tree limb snapped and hit the boy in the back of the head.

The accident happened around 6 p.m on Saturday.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene. He was taken to North Mississippi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

"The city of Tupelo asks for your thoughts and prayers during this time," said Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton.

The tournament has been cancelled.

 

[slingnit]

This is horrible! Why wait til the storm is right on top of you to evacuate the park? Without knowing all the details it seems like this could have been avoided. Hope his family is doing alright/

 

[MTR]

This is horrible! Why wait til the storm is right on top of you to evacuate the park? Without knowing all the details it seems like this could have been avoided. Hope his family is doing alright/

You are right, you don't know all the details.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

This is horrible! Why wait til the storm is right on top of you to evacuate the park? Without knowing all the details it seems like this could have been avoided. Hope his family is doing alright/

We had that same storm pass us maybe an hour or so before it went through that area. From a calm breeze, it started blowing 40-50 mph with the snap of your fingers, no lightning no rain, just wind. I would assume that's what hit them all of the sudden, high winds, that knocked the limb down.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

How sad. My prayers go out to this family.

 

[quandofloo]

I live in the region too. Winds can kick up here at the drop of a hat and unless there is lightning you will never see an evacuation without the winds getting up to some pretty nasty levels. It just happens too fast for there to be much warning. This weekend was crazy hot, so everyone was finding shade at tournaments wherever they could. My DW and I actually talked about how a few families had gathered up under the only trees that were inside the park where we were playing Saturday and set up while we were driving out since we had a few hours. Terrible tragedy, but I would have been right there with them hanging out under the tree if I was at the same park.

 

[JAD]

Keeping that family in my thoughts and prayers!

 

[slingnit]

You are right, you don't know all the details.

so what were the details that kept this from being avoided??

 

[grcsftbll]

I remember a game we played once where this storm blew in insanely fast. It was crazy. We had just gotten into our car when the hail started. Very sad what happened here. Could easily have happened to us that day. Sometimes they move faster than you think.

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[chinamigarden]

This is horrible! Why wait til the storm is right on top of you to evacuate the park? Without knowing all the details it seems like this could have been avoided. Hope his family is doing alright/

My wife and I were golfing one clear storm free day when a 60 foot free just fell over. No reason no warning it just fell (and yes you could hear it). Oddest thing I ever saw. Sometimes rain and wind happen and sometimes without warning trees or parts of trees fall.