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Coroner: Fan struck in head by foul ball during Dodgers game died of blunt force injury

A California woman died last August as a result of being hit in the head by a batted ball at Dodger Stadium, according to a Los Angeles County coroner's report obtained by ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and details her daughter revealed to OTL in December.

Linda Goldbloom, a mother of three and grandmother of seven, died on Aug. 29. The coroner's report states the cause as "acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma" and that the injury occurred when she was struck in the head with a baseball during the Aug. 25 game at Dodger Stadium

Television coverage of the Padres-Dodgers game that night did not follow the flight of the ball or show where it ended up.