Boy, 10, dies when soccer goal crashes onto him
Elias was playing goalkeeper for Winchester United under-11 team
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Soccer death shocks, saddens community May 9: A bizarre accident kills a 10-year-old Virginia boy on a soccer field. WRC-TV's Shannon Bream has the story. NBC News Channel |
WINCHESTER, Va. - A young soccer player died during a scrimmage Monday evening in Winchester, Va.
Investigators said 10-year-old Hayden Barnes Ellias was playing goalkeeper for the Winchester United under-11 team. They said he was positioned in the goal on a Millbrook High School soccer field. Coaches said action was taking place on the other side of the field when they heard a loud crash.
Police said the goal toppled over on Ellias, killing him. They are investigating how the incident happened.
"At this point we're unsure of exactly what happened," said Steve Edwards of Frederick County Public Schools. "Frederick County Sheriff's Department is doing an investigation. The only thing we can say with any certainty is that it was a terrible, tragic accident."
School officials said the independent soccer league -- a partnership between Frederick County Public Schools and the park system -- used school equipment.
Officials could not specifically identify which goal was involved in the accident.
"The goals are portable, the goals that they were using last night, and they were owned by the Frederick County schools, but in terms of how they were secured and so on and so forth, I don't have any information on that," Edwards said.
A crisis team of counselors has been dispatched to the victim's school, Bass-Hoover Elementary, where Principal Gay Yowell issued this statement: "All of us in the Bass-Hoover family are saddened by the loss of one of our students. He was a valued member of our school family and will be missed."
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