Play between the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees was overshadowed by a scary incident Saturday night when a fan fell from the upper deck at Turner Field and landed on the concrete behind home plate, according to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.
The Braves offered their condolences after confirming the fan died:
“Lt. Charles Hampton of the Atlanta Police Department homicide unit said police don’t suspect foul play at this point,” according to ESPN’s Wallace Matthews. “He said no fans were hurt in the lower-level seats where the man fell.”
Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution added more details on the tragedy:
The fall occurred in the top of the seventh inning, as the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez was walking to the plate amid a chorus of boos. The man apparently fell off the upper deck, the 400 level of the stadium, behind the home-plate area and landed between the second and third row of seats on the first level in section 202. Fans seated in that area immediately scattered, and paramedics rushed in to try to revive him.
A similar incident occurred in 2011 when a Texas Rangers fan died after reaching for a ball thrown by Josh Hamilton and falling from the outfield stands at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
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