Michigan HS baseball player dies after ‘freak accident’ at second base
Gardner reportedly spent six days in the intensive care unit before he was moved to a regular hospital room and released home
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Michigan high school baseball player has died after he was knocked unconscious during a "freak accident" at second base.
Cooper Gardner, a junior at Bath High School, died at home Sunday, nearly two weeks after the incident during a game against Portland St. Patrick, the Lansing State Journal reported.
"I never would have thought it would lead to this," junior varsity coach Michael Collins told the newspaper.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gardner had dropped down to catch a ball to tag a player trying to steal second base, but the runner kneed his head and fell on top of him, the outlet reported.
"What can only be described as a freak accident, Cooper was knocked unconscious for about 40 minutes," said a GoFundMe page.
He was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for traumatic brain injury as well as heart and lung complications, according to the fundraising page.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gardner spent six days in the intensive care unit before he was moved to a regular hospital room and released home, the outlet reported.
It’s unclear what caused his death on Sunday.
Collins remembered him as always positive and and a "good student."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"If you had a bad day, you could go to practice and see his smiling face and all is right in the world," Collins told the paper.