A 9-year-old bat boy for a Wichita, Kansas, baseball team has died after he was accidentally hit in the head by a bat on Saturday afternoon. 

Kaiser Carlile died Sunday evening.

He was on the field during a game, picking up a bat from a player who had just struck out. 

Carlile was hit in the head as another player took practice swings. 

He was wearing a helmet. 

Members of the team staff immediately swarmed around the boy after the incident. 

The home plate umpire, who is a paramedic, treated the boy until an ambulance arrived. 
 

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