Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

Parents hope Ontario soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

The parents of two children killed by unanchored, movable soccer nets say they hope a bill that would require those goals to be properly secured will prevent future tragedies.

Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

TORONTO — When David Mills got a call in May of 2017 that his 15-year-old son had been gravely injured on a soccer field, he struggled to grasp what could have gone so seriously wrong, unaware at that time of the dangers of unanchored nets.

Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

TORONTO — When David Mills got a call in May of 2017 that his 15-year-old son had been gravely injured on a soccer field, he struggled to grasp what could have gone so seriously wrong, unaware at that time of the dangers of unanchored nets.

Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

TORONTO — When David Mills got a call in May of 2017 that his 15-year-old son had been gravely injured on a soccer field, he struggled to grasp what could have gone so seriously wrong, unaware at that time of the dangers of unanchored nets.

Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

TORONTO — When David Mills got a call in May of 2017 that his 15-year-old son had been gravely injured on a soccer field, he struggled to grasp what could have gone so seriously wrong, unaware at that time of the dangers of unanchored nets.

Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children

TORONTO — When David Mills got a call in May of 2017 that his 15-year-old son had been gravely injured on a soccer field, he struggled to grasp what could have gone so seriously wrong, unaware at that time of the dangers of unanchored nets.