Calif. Teen Hit by Baseball Clings to Life

A Northern California high school baseball player is clinging to life after a line drive hit his head during a practice game.

Sixteen-year-old Gunnar Sandberg remained in critical condition Tuesday at Marin General Hospital.

He is a student at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield. Educators there say Sandberg was removed from a medically induced coma on Friday and underwent a brain scan Monday because doctors didn't see progress.

Sandberg's father, Bjorn, told Anna Duckworth of CBS station KPIX that the results of exiting the coma were not what they hoped for and the situation remains grave.

The family is now awaiting results of a new brain scan, Duckworth reports.

He was hit by the baseball March 11 while pitching during a practice game against Concord's De La Salle High School.

His injury has renewed concerns about the safety of metal baseball bats.

Marin Catholic Principal Chris Valdez says players on the school team will switch to wooden bats for the rest of the season.