A fan taking part in Mormon Community Night at Dodger Stadium in California before last night’s Dodgers game vs. the Padres collapsed on the field during batting practice and later died.
Don Hawkins collapsed near the third-base coach’s box after falling ill. His wife and grandson were in attendance along with about 4,000 other Mormons.
Medical staff performed CPR on him on the field before he was placed in an ambulance at 6:35 p.m. PDT. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.
The Dodgers announced later that Hawkins had died in the E.R. The official cause of death has not been released.
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