Eastern Ky. boy dies in freak accident involving basketball goal

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An eastern Kentucky boy has died following a freak accident involving a basketball goal.

Eight-year-old Eli Hill, of Corbin, died Monday when he retrieved something to stand so he could dunk a basketball, according to multiple media reports. While in the process of trying to dunk the ball, the backboard came off and a pole struck the boy in the chest.

He was rushed to University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased by the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.

Eli was a second grader at Corbin Primary School.

(Photo: Eli Hill with a UK mascot, courtesy of WLEX18.com)

By Ken Howlett, News Director

Contact Ken at ken@k105.com