8 year old killed by unsecured soccer post
Posted May 4th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.azcentral.comA tragic ending for a young boy when a soccer goal post fell over, hit him in the head, causing fatal injuries. The accident happened because the soccer goal was not properly anchored into the ground.
Although the article claims the YMCA was going to pay funeral costs, this is an instance where a settlement is probably in order. Although the posts aren’t meant to be hanging off of, he was only 8 and the after school program should have provided safety and supervision that was obviously lacking.
An 8-year-old boy died after a goal post fell on him during a Thursday soccer game at the South Mountain YMCA.
Gabriel Mendoza was hanging on the crossbar of a soccer goal post around 6 p.m. Thursday when it fell.
Gabriel was at a soccer game with his grandmother, said YMCA spokeswoman Norma Salas. He was participating in a YMCA after-school program called Activate Area.