High school baseball player dies after freak accident at batting cage

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A highschool baseball participant has died weeks after a freak accident at a batting cage left him in a coma.

Jeremy Medina’s household in Georgia confirmed his loss of life on 12 December.

“We all know Jeremy was and can all the time be in God’s arms and we are going to see him quickly,” the household wrote on Fb.

“We’re grateful for all of the prayers and assist during the last three weeks, and we admire everybody’s understanding as we take time now to be with our household.”

The 18-year-old pitcher and catcher for Gainesville Excessive Faculty had been gravely injured when he was by chance struck within the head by a teammate’s bat on 20 November.

He was declared mind lifeless two weeks later, together with his mother and father laying plans to donate his organs.

Jeremy’s father shared the household’s heartbreak in an interview with Univision 34 Atlanta, saying they don’t blame the participant whose bat struck the teenager.

“I used to be capable of go and hug that boy and inform him that we perceive that he didn’t have the dangerous intention to harm my son, however that it was an accident,” father David Medina mentioned.

Gainesville Excessive Faculty paid tribute to the teenager in a video on X, writing: “The lifetime of Jeremy Medina will ceaselessly influence the lives of our complete neighborhood. His passing will imply renewed life for a lot of others as an organ donor.”

Jeremy was an aspiring minister {and professional} baseball participant who had just lately been supplied a scholarship to play on the faculty stage, his household mentioned.