PORTLAND, Maine (WJW) — A little girl has died following a tragic accident during a family vacation in Maine.
Six-year-old Lucy Morgan from New Jersey was outside watching her siblings play badminton when a piece of metal from her 10-year-old brother’s racket broke off and hit her in the head, according to a Maine State Police press release obtained by People. .
“We were eating a quick lunch by the lake and the kids decided to try badminton in the backyard,” the girl’s father, Jesse Morgan, who is a pastor, wrote on his blog. “[My wife] Bethany and I were relaxing in the back when we heard screaming.
What they found in the yard was an unconscious child. But she was still breathing.
“I held her and Bethany crying out to God,” Jesse said on his New Creation Living blog.
The “bizarre accident” happened earlier this month. She was rushed to hospital in Portland, Maine, from where they were staying in Limerick. Jesse said Lucy had emergency surgery to relieve pressure in her head.
She died four days later.
“His personality was very bubbly and sometimes reserved,” Jesse told FOX News Digital. “Once you got to know her, she was very, very frank and very funny. She was a tough kid and played soccer really hard.
During the family vacation, the 6-year-old girl told her parents that it was “the best week of her life.”