State regulators have given approval for a surface coal mine on private lands in southern Utah.

Kane County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Tracy Glover said 'The boy ... was standing in center field behind second base when he was hit by a line drive off a bat in the torso, possibly the chest, and dropped to the field,' according to a press release.

A Kane County family lost their oldest child Wednesday night after he was hit by a ball at baseball practice and died.

Authorities are trying to determine what exactly killed a 15-year-old Kane County boy who was hit with a baseball.

After suffering a blow to the torso by a baseball, 15-year-old Jeff Wood from Alton, dropped to the ground and was unable to be resuscitated by responding emergency technicians Wednesday.