79-year-old Dodgers fan was killed by foul ball, LA coroner confirms

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The Los Angeles County coroner has determined that a 79-year old woman was killed by a foul ball at a game at Dodger Stadium in August, The Associated Press reports.

Linda Goldbloom, who ESPN reports was seated in the ballpark's loge level — one section above the field's protective netting — with her husband, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law, was struck in the head by a ball hit by a San Diego Padres batter in the top of the ninth inning. She was rushed to a hospital for emergency brain surgery, but remained largely unresponsive until her death on Aug. 29. The coroner's report, obtained by ESPN, described Goldbloom's cause of death as "acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma."

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