A six-year-old girl has died after part of a badminton racket came loose while she was playing with her 10-year-old brother in Limerick and hit her in the head. State police said the incident happened around noon on June 1. a house on North Shore Drive. Police say the family involved is from New Jersey and was in Maine on vacation. Police said the children were playing outside when the aluminum handle of a badminton racket became dislodged from the wooden handle, causing the handle to hit the girl in the head, piercing her skull. The girl was flown to MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she died Wednesday, four days after the incident. According to a blog post, the little girl was Lucy Morgan, daughter of Jesse Morgan, pastor of Green Pond Bible Chapel in. Rockaway, New Jersey. Police say the child’s death was nothing more than a tragic accident.
A six-year-old girl has died after part of a badminton racket came loose while she was playing with her 10-year-old brother in Limerick and hit her in the head.
State police said the incident happened around noon June 1 at a home on North Shore Drive.
Police say the family involved is from New Jersey and was in Maine on vacation.
Police said the children were playing outside when the aluminum handle of a badminton racket became dislodged from the wooden handle, causing the handle to hit the girl in the head, piercing her skull.
The girl was flown to MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she died Wednesday, four days after the incident.
According to a blog post, the little girl was Lucy Morgan, daughter of Jesse Morgan, pastor of Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey.
Police say the child’s death was nothing more than a tragic accident.