Child dies after being hit with bat

Tag : Child Chest
A 2-year-old boy has died after being hitwith a baseball bat during a sporting event at a church in easternJefferson County.
Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Eddie Robinson says Henry Berlinwas struck by the bat when he ran up to his older sister, who waspracticing at Springdale Community Church.
Robinson says the force of the bat caused the boy's heart intoarrhythmia, then cardiac arrest.
YMCA of Louisville President Steve Tarver told WLKY-TV that thechild was "inadvertently hit in the chest with a bat."
Robinson says a nurse who was at the ballfield gave Henry CPRbefore the boy was taken to Kosair Children's Hospital, where hewas pronounced dead.
Louisville police spokesman Phil Russell called it "just a tragicaccident" and says officers are not investigating the incident.
Church spokesman Jeremie Wade referred questions to the YMCA ofLouisville.