The aluminum shaft of the racket came off the handle and hit the girl, identified as Lucy Morgan, in the head Saturday at about noon, while she was playing with her older brother. It pierced her skull, Maine State Police said Friday.
The injury was unintentional and an accident, according to police, who wrote in a statement,"The Maine State Police would like to extend their deepest condolences to the Morgan family," who they said was from Stockholm, New Jersey.Sign up for NECN newsletters. "After significant thorough testing and even more repeated tests to be certain, brain death was declared 1:32am on June 5, and her heart stopped beating around 4am. Lucy was with Jesus,"He also shared that his wife had given Lucy a prayer journal last month that, after her death, they found in her backpack. The first entry read,"God is so amazing and He si the true God and He created everything and He died on the cross for our sins.