A Lynchburg College official says a Liberty University professor collapsed and later died after being hit by a baseball at one of the college's athletic fields.
The Lynchburg News & Advance reported that Lynchburg College Vice President John Eccles provided details of Tuesday's accident in an e-mail sent Wednesday to faculty, staff and students at the college.
Eccles said Jeff Taylor was hit in the lower jaw or neck by a line drive while pitching to a Lynchburg College baseball player, who wasn't identified.
Five players, including Taylor's son, were at the field at the time of accident.
The 44-year-old Taylor was an assistant professor of health sciences and kinesiology at Liberty.
Liberty Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said the school had lost "a great professor."
Source: AP/Roanoke Times
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