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WINCHESTER, Va. - A young soccer player died during a scrimmage
Monday evening in Winchester, Va.

Investigators said 10-year-old Hayden Barnes Ellias was playing
goalkeeper for the Winchester United under-11 team. They said he was
positioned in the goal on a Millbrook High School soccer field.
Coaches said action was taking place on the other side of the field
when they heard a loud crash.

Police said the goal toppled over on Ellias, killing him. They are
investigating how the incident happened.

"At this point we're unsure of exactly what happened," said Steve
Edwards of Frederick County Public Schools. "Frederick County
Sheriff's Department is doing an investigation. The only thing we
can say with any certainty is that it was a terrible, tragic
accident."

School officials said the independent soccer league -- a partnership
between Frederick County Public Schools and the park system -- used
school equipment.

Officials could not specifically identify which goal was involved in
the accident.

"The goals are portable, the goals that they were using last night,
and they were owned by the Frederick County schools, but in terms of
how they were secured and so on and so forth, I don't have any
information on that," Edwards said.

A crisis team of counselors has been dispatched to the victim's
school, Bass-Hoover Elementary, where Principal Gay Yowell issued
this statement: "All of us in the Bass-Hoover family are saddened by
the loss of one of our students. He was a valued member of our
school family and will be missed."