Broken baseball bat leaves woman seriously injured

A US woman who was struck in the head by a broken baseball bat is in a serious condition in hospital.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

Karen O’Shea

Tonya Carpenter was taken to hospital last night with what police called life-threatening injuries suffered during the game between the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox.

She was seated a few rows up between home plate and third base when Oakland’s Brett Lawrie broke his bat in the second inning at Fenway Park.

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