Sammi Kane Kraft, who acted in ‘Bad News Bears’ remake, dies at 20
LOS ANGELES (MCT) — Sammi Kane Kraft, whose real-life baseball skills landed her the role of the pitching ace in the only film she ever made, 2005’s “Bad News Bears,” died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles. She was 20.
She was a passenger in an Audi that was speeding on the westbound 10 Freeway near Crenshaw Boulevard about 1:30 a.m. when it rear-ended a big rig and was then struck by another car, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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