Damn, this is sad. Police said a man who fell more than 60 feet from an upper-level platform at Turner Field onto a parking lot died Monday night. Our thoughts & prayers go out to his family.
Report after the jump…
Via ESPN:
Authorities identified a fan who died after falling more than 60 feet from an upper-level platform at Atlanta’s Turner Field as a 29-year-old man.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office early Tuesday identified the man as Ronald Homer of Conyers, Ga., and said an autopsy was planned for Tuesday.
Homer fell during Monday night’s game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. Atlanta police spokesman John Chafee said there was no indication of foul play, and the fall appears to have been an accident.
“It appears he fell from an upper-level platform to a secured lot below,” Chafee said late Monday.
Police received the report of the fall just before 9 p.m. Monday. When officers arrived, they located a man who appeared to have fallen 65 feet, or about six stories. The man was transported to Atlanta Medical Center and died of his injuries.
Chafee said the fall occurred on the stadium’s back side. He said witnesses described the fall as accidental, but that police were not releasing other details of what they said.
He said he did not know if wet conditions or alcohol were factors.
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