Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski, a former Severna Park standout, leaves team …

Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski, who grew up in Severna Park, will be away from the team after his 17-year-old daughter died in a boating accident in Virginia over the weekend, authorities said MondayJulia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a boat on the James River in Richmond on Saturday, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources spokesperson Paige Pearson said.As the boat operator returned to get the girls out of the water, the boat hit a wave, causing it to be pushed on top of Budzinski and striking her with the propeller, Pearson said. The boat driver and the operator of another passing boat jumped into the water to try to rescue Budzinski, who was pronounced dead at a hospital.Pearson said no foul play is suspected and alcohol was not a factor. “It was a terrible accident,” she said.As news of the accident spread, a vigil was held Sunday night at Glen Allen High School, where Budzinski was a rising senior and played soccer and other sports.“It was a very happy, fun last day on Earth for her,” her mother, Monica Budzinski, said at the vigil. “She was happy, laughing,…
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