Woman Hit by Broken Bat at Fenway Park, Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries

A female fan at Fenway Park suffered life-threatening injuries after a broken bat hit her in the head during a Red Sox-Athletics game.

Athletics player Brett Lawrie broke his bat and the bat ended up hitting a woman watching the game from the second row of the stands. She was reportedly sitting with her family and was bleeding from the head.

One witness said, “t was a blunt trauma and it was a lot of blood. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much blood.”

She was immediately carried off on a stretcher and brought to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

There were some pictures taken at the scene:

A Red Sox fan was badly injured after being hit by a bat: (via @BostonGlobe) http://t.co/Wl7zXFthcn pic.twitter.com/03tEkCdYLi

— SB Nation (@SBNation) June 6, 2015

Fan removed from Fenway Park stands on stretcher after being hit by broken bat: http://t.co/SMpLvA4WuE pic.twitter.com/RrHKV86qFn

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 6, 2015

NEW: Woman hit by piece of bat at #FenwayPark has life-threatening injuries, in surgery http://t.co/8zQNVzEgiJ #FOX25 pic.twitter.com/NExY1p7ZMy

— FOX 25 News Boston (@fox25news) June 6, 2015

Watch below via Fox-Boston:

Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

UPDATE- 12:46 pm EST: The woman’s family is now asking for privacy and doesn’t want information released about her condition.

[image via screengrab]

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