Teen baseball player dies after dugout collapses on him in Pennsylvania park

A 19-year-old college baseball player was killed when a dugout collapsed on him while volunteering at a Pennsylvania park, his school said in a statement Wednesday. Letter to the students.

According to Central Penn College, Angel Mercado and several others were working on a wooden dugout at a park in Harrisburg on Monday when the structure collapsed.

“As friends who have become family, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of one of our gifted young athletes, who callously lost his life and others,” said Central Penn President Linda Federizzi Williams. helped him enjoy the sport he loved so much.” “No words can adequately express our anguish,” he wrote.

Mercado was an entrepreneur and small business major, according to the college. He was also a member of the college’s men’s baseball team. Central Penn head baseball coach Robert Stern called Mercado “full of fun” on a GoFundMe page set up to help with funeral and medical expenses.

“He was a gifted young athlete who tragically lost his life while helping others enjoy the sport he loved so much,” Stern said.

According to Mercado, grew up in Harrisburg His player profilewhere Mayor Wanda Williams told the CBS affiliate WHP TV In a statement that the city was devastated by Mercado’s death.

“He died helping others around the sport he loved,” Williams said. “It’s heartbreaking. “Angel embraced so many people and now we get to embrace his memory. need.”