Teenager severely injured during game of mailbox baseball

A teenager in Grants Pass, Oregon, suffered severe head injuries after police said he was involved in a game of "mailbox baseball."

The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety said officers were called to Three Rivers Medical Center early on Sunday morning to a report of a 16-year-old male with severe head injuries.



Police later determined the teenager was a passenger in a motor home involved in "mailbox baseball," which is described as smashing mailboxes while the vehicle is in motion with a wooden stick and metal baseball bat. The front seat passenger struck a telephone pole as the two juvenile males in the back of the motor home were watching through a rear window.

The front seat passenger lost grip of the metal baseball bat, which flew backwards and struck the juvenile victim in the head. The victim was stabilized and flown to a Portland hospital. The driver of the motor home and two other adult passengers are being held in Josephine County Jail. A juvenile passenger is being held in juvenile jail. More charges are expected to filed in the case.