Boy of 12 dies in baseball tragedy after being hit in the neck during a training session

A 12-year-old baseball fanatic died after being hit in the neck with a ball during a training session.

Eric Lederman, of Illanois, was struck while warming up with a teammate on Wednesday night ahead of an Oswego Softball and Baseball Association league game in Wheaton.

He was taken to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, then airlifted to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead just after 8pm on Thursday.

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