The baton attack at a high school track and field championship event has caught the eyes of law enforcement — there is currently a police investigation into the incident.

TMZ Sports spoke with Kaelen Tucker‘s father, Keith, who said cops are looking into the situation and confirmed the family filed a protective order against his daughter’s opponent.

With an upcoming Nationals event, they requested the order to prevent a potential interaction between Tucker and her opponent — even though her status for competition is uncertain.

In an interview with a local outlet … Everett said the incident was accidental.

“After a couple times of hitting her, my baton got stuck behind her back like this, and it rolled up her back,” she said. “I lost my balance when I pumped my arms again.”

Fascinating twist in the story of the dead body caught by fishermen in the waters off Massachusetts … turns out the corpse was meant to be buried at sea and no foul play is suspected, according to authorities.

The Suffolk County Chief Medical Examiner in Boston just announced the body is a woman in her 60s with cancerous tumors all over it. The M.E. says the unidentified body was embalmed and apparently intentionally deposited into its watery grave.

Prosecutors say the case is now closed, adding the dead woman will likely stay nameless forever.

And today, TMZ snagged more footage showing authorities removing the body from the fishing vessel at the Boston Seaport. Officials from the Medical Examiner were seen loading the corpse onto a gurney and into an SUV.

Ray “Roy” Edward Chasez, the father of JC Chasez, has died … TMZ has learned.

Sources tell TMZ … Roy died last month in Florida after a battle with cancer. This was his fifth bout with the disease.

We’re told a celebration of life was held on Saturday in the Orlando area and multiple members of *NSYNC attended.

Roy worked as an IT manager, and also as a contractor with the government … with offices at the White House and U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. We’re told he worked with numerous charities over the years … and his family was his life.

He’s survived by his wife of 51 years, Karen, and his children — JC, Heather and Tyler.

Roy was 73.