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Detroit Tigers minor leaguer dies after skateboarding accident aged 27
Tigers minor league catcher Chace Numata died Monday, days after being injured in a skateboarding accident in Pennsylvania. He was 27.
Numata’s family and the team announced the death.
Numata, who was playing for Detroit’s Double-A Erie affiliate, the SeaWolves, was found unresponsive Friday morning by police in the northwestern Pennsylvania city.
GoErie.com reported that police found Numata on the ground, bleeding from the head. Surveillance video was reviewed, and police captain Rick Lorah said no vehicles were involved.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/02/chace-numata-skateboarding-accident-detroit-tigers
