KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican authorities say a 6-year-old child has been killed by the fall of a soccer goal post. It’s the third such incident this year.

Authorities say 6-year-old Jevaughn Bailey was playing on his school’s field in rural St. Ann parish when the post fell on him. They say he was taken to the hospital, where he died Tuesday.

A 7-year-old died at another school in January when a goal post fell as students tried to move it. In March, a gust of wind blew down a goal post and killed a 9-year-old.

The Education Ministry issued a statement Wednesday saying it is investigating the case and that a medical team has been dispatched to the school to counsel students.

Sts Peter and Paul Preparatory School in St Andrew has implemented a number of new safety measures following the tragedy in March of this year when nine-year-old Jerimiah Yson Jr was killed after a goalpost on the school’s playing field fell on him.

Chief among the new measures is a newly designed aluminium goalpost, which will be unveiled within a week in time for the beginning of the Prep Schools’ Football Competition on October 22.

The need for a safer environment in schools, particularly on the playing field, came to the fore once again this week when a third child was killed by a goalpost this year. On Tuesday, six-year-old Javani Bailey was playing on the soccer field at Chester Primary School in St Ann when the post fell on him. He later died in hospital.

In January, seven-year-old Nicholas Hamilton was killed when a goalpost fell and hit him on the head at Coke View Primary School in Westmoreland.

Following the incident at Sts Peter and Paul, principal Karen Siyanbola said the institution has been doing everything within its power to create a safer environment at the school.

They have discarded the fatal metal post and are now using a safer PVC post for practice sessions, but the teachers and parents have been looking at a permanent solution that will not only be safe, but in keeping with standard regulations of the Jamaica Football Federation that govern all football competitions from preparatory upwards.

Alfredo Martin, a parent at the school who is also a chief engineer at the University of Technology (UTech), designed the new goalpost for the school made of aluminium and is now in the process of patenting it. The aluminium post is expected to serve as a prototype for all the schools in Jamaica.