A 25-year-old woman was flown to a Columbus hospital Thursday night after she was hit in the head with a basketball hoop.

Kristen Wolfe was standing outside in a driveway near intersection of Union Avenue and Renner Street when a basketball hoop fell over and struck her on the head, said Sgt. Andy Davis, with the Buckeye Lake Police Department.

Wolfe’s boyfriend had recently bought the portable basketball hoop and had set it up outside the home. The hoop had a plastic bottom, which is supposed to be weighed down with either water or sand, but it had not been properly weighed down yet, Davis said.

It was windy in the area at the time of the incident, Davis said, and the wind caught the backboard and caused the hoop to tip over.

Wolfe was unconscious for quite some time, Davis said, and was taken to the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University by medical helicopter.

She was not listed in the hospital’s database Friday afternoon, but Davis said he had called to check on her condition and was told the staff were keeping her for 24 hours of observation but that she would be OK.

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