A woman died as a result of being struck in the head by a foul ball at a baseball game while celebrating her birthday and wedding anniversary
A woman died as a result of being struck in the head by a foul ball at a baseball game in August of last year, according to a coroner’s report obtained by ESPN.
Linda Goldbloom was celebrating her 79th birthday and 59th wedding anniversary at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 25 when a ball hit by a San Diego Padres player flew over the protective netting and struck the woman in the head.
“Ushers came down and asked if she was all right, and she said no, then EMT came and rushed her to the hospital—she threw up in the ambulance,” Goldbloom’s daughter, Jana Brody, told ESPN .
The mother of three and grandmother of seven was rushed to the hospital for treatment. For three days, Goldbloom was unresponsive, Brody said, except when a nurse saw her move one finger one time upon being asked if her name was Linda. Her eyes never opened at the hospital, and a ventilator kept her breathing.
Four days later, at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, she died.
The coroner’s report cited by ESPN states the cause as “acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma” and notes that she sustained the injury when she was hit in the head with a baseball.
ESPN reported that the accident happened in the top of the ninth inning when a San Diego Padres batter fouled a pitch toward the first-base side of home plate. The trajectory of the ball was such that it cleared the protective netting and struck Goldbloom’s head.
Goldbloom was said to be a longtime Dodgers fan and was at the game celebrating her birthday and wedding anniversary with her husband, Erwin, brother-in-law Michael, and sister-in-law Eve.
