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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Crime, Courts and Emergency Services Politics and Elections Education Environment State News Nation - World Obituaries Weather Photo Galleries Since You Asked Videos Web Cams Mail Tribune 100 Sports Latest Stories Varsity 541 College Sports Pro Sports Community Sports Business Latest Stories Real Estate News People In Business Transportation Agriculture Opinion Latest Editorials Letters to the Editor Guest Opinions Lifestyle Latest stories Food Home and Garden Health Hiking Biking Faith Milestones and Achievements Columnist for a Day Rogue Healthy Aging Tempo Latest stories Theater Music Community Events Dining Tempo Videos Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries Blogs TV Listings Movie Listings Oregon Outdoors Oregon Healthy Living Magazines & Special Sections NEWS NOW Longtime Ashland New Plays Festival artistic director is retiring ... Most dredging banned under new proposed guidelines ... Our View: Stay flexible on kindergarten hours ... Longtime Ashland New Plays Festival artistic director is retiring ... Most dredging banned under new proposed guidelines ... Our View: Stay flexible on kindergarten hours ... GRANTS PASS Teen severely injured during mailbox-smashing 'game' By Grants Pass Daily Courier MailTribune.com By Grants Pass Daily Courier Posted Oct. 6, 2014 @ 4:23 pm Updated Oct 6, 2014 at 4:24 PM By Grants Pass Daily Courier Posted Oct. 6, 2014 @ 4:23 pm Updated Oct 6, 2014 at 4:24 PM » Social News A 16-year-old boy was airlifted to a Portland hospital with severe head injuries after a game of "mailbox baseball" went awry in Grants Pass early Sunday morning, police said. The "game" involves smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat from a moving vehicle, police said in a press release sent out Sunday evening. Officers learned of the incident after several friends brought the injured teen to Asante Three Rivers Medical Center at about 4:10 a.m. Sunday. The friends gave police accounts of what happened, but their stories did not match up and a detective was called in to investigate. Subsequent interviews revealed that the group of friends was in a motor home playing "mailbox baseball" in the 1700 block of Highland Avenue with a wooden stick and a metal baseball bat when things went wrong. According to police, the front-seat passenger leaned out of the car and hit a telephone pole with the bat, and lost control of it. The bat went flying backward and hit the 16-year-old, who was watching through a rear window. The teen was badly injured, and was flown to Portland for further treatment after being stabilized at Three Rivers. The driver of the motor home, 21-year-old Breanna Allene White, was arrested and booked into jail on a second-degree assault charge. A passenger, 21-year-old Vega Shaw Russell, was booked on a charge of third-degree assault. Eighteen-year-old Dennis Allen Mosier, a second passenger, was charged with tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. A third passenger — another 16-year-old boy, who was not injured — was booked into juvenile custody on a charge of hindering prosecution and a parole violation. Police did not have an update on the wounded teen's condition. They said additional charges against the boy's friends are likely. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Grants Pass police detectives at 541-450-6260. By Grants Pass Daily Courier MailTribune.com By Grants Pass Daily Courier Posted Oct. 6, 2014 @ 4:23 pm Updated Oct 6, 2014 at 4:24 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2014 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501