N.J. girl, 6, dies after badminton racquet breaks, pierces her skull during Maine vacation

The Morgan family was vacationing at a lake cottage in Maine last weekend when the tragedy occurred. Lucy died four days later.

A 6-year-old New Jersey girl has died days after the aluminum shaft of a badminton racquet pierced her skull while she was playing with her brothers and sister during a vacation at a lake cottage in Maine, authorities and the family said.

After the family finished eating lunch by the lake just before noon, the children went to the front yard to play badminton, Morgan said. The shaft then entered Lucy’s skull, causing a causing a traumatic brain injury, the family and authorities said.

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