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Fans joining the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs games on Wednesday night From the 21-foot right field wall, he fell into the field at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
“In seven innings of the match at PNC Park tonight, an adult man fell from the correct field breaker to the field of play,” the Pirates said in a statement.
“The Pittsburgh EMS, the Pirates and Cubs athletic training team and other PNC Park staff responded, responded and managed care. He was taken to Allegheny General Hospital. No further information is available at this time.
Play was stopped as medical staff joined the fans before eventually transporting him off the field.
Pittsburgh Public Safety, which includes Pittsburgh Police and EMS, posted to X late Wednesday night that the man was taken to hospital in dangerous conditions and police are investigating it.
The incident came after Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen knocked a double on two runs to give the team a 4-3 lead. The player immediately sought help from medical staff.
Players from both teams could be seen kneeling, while the other teams put their hands on their heads in concern for the injured fan.
“I really hate what happened tonight,” McCutchen said in an X’s statement.
The incident on Wednesday night marks the latest fan accident at the stadium.
Pittsburgh Steelers fans passed away in 2022 after falling from the escalator at the team’s Axture Stadium following a game against the New York Jets.
In 2015, 60-year-old Gregory Muray of Alpharetta, Georgia, tumbled out of the stands during an Atlanta Braves match against the New York Yankees. He later passed away in the fall.
In 2011, a 39-year-old man died while trying to catch the ball in a game of the Texas Rangers. He thrusts his gloves out and reaches for the ball, but loses his balance, flips over the railings in the outfield seat, and smashes his head into the scoreboard.
That same year, a man collapsed and died trying to slip a railing at Coors Field at a Colorado Rockies game. An autopsy later discovered marijuana in his system, revealing blood alcohol levels more than twice the legal limit for driving.
This story has been updated with additional information.
