WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Teams that keep within the Williamsport complicated for the Little League World Series will proceed to sleep in single beds within the wake of final yr’s incident the place a boy critically injured his head when he fell out of his high bunk.
Little League International made the change final yr after 12-year-old Easton Oliverson, a pitcher and outfielder for the Snow Canyon group out of Santa Clara, Utah, was injured in August.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we placed all beds individually on the floor during last year’s World Series, and in preparation for the 2023 Little League International Tournament, Little League decided to provide its participants with single, one-level beds for all of their player housing at each of its tournament locations, including those in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where the dormitories can accommodate all 14 single beds,” Little League International mentioned Monday in a press release.
This yr’s match begins this week and runs from Aug. 16-27.
The Oliverson household had stored Easton’s situation repeatedly up to date on social media with photographs of the boy — in a wheelchair and carrying baseball T-shirts — posing for photos along with his household and mates till the tip of 2022. The household later sued the league and the corporate that made the mattress.
The negligence lawsuit, filed by Jace and Nancy Oliverson on final September in Philadelphia, mentioned there was no railing on the highest bunk. Little League didn’t touch upon the lawsuit. A message left Monday for the Oliveron’s lawyer was not instantly returned.
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