8-year-old Wisconsin child dies after being hit in the head by a baseball

MANITOWOC COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- An 8-year-old child died after collapsing while playing baseball in Manitowoc County Wednesday afternoon. Emergency officials were called to the scene in the town of Mishicot around 1:45 p.m. 

The 8-year-old was unintentionally hit in the head by a baseball. EMTs performed life-saving measures but the child died on the way to the hospital. 

Officials do not believe that criminal activity was involved.

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