Jul 26, 2008 11:45 pm US/Eastern
Woman Seriously Injured In Fall At Shea Stadium
QUEENS (AP) ―
A fan plunged about 25 feet off a Shea Stadium elevator and was seriously hurt during Saturday's New York Mets game, less than four months after another spectator was killed in a similar fall, police and the team said.
The fan, a 26-year-old man, fell from the box seat level to a floor near the stadium's Gate D around 10 p.m. Saturday, as the Mets played the St. Louis Cardinals, police Det. Brian Sessa said.
The man was taken to a hospital unconscious, the Fire Department said.
As the game continued in extra innings, the team issued a statement saying it was aware of the fall and was investigating.
The fall came less than four months after fan Antonio Nararainsami, 36, lost his balance on an escalator and fell two stories to his death in a section below the left field stands. Nararainsami was leaving the stadium with his family after the Mets played the Washington Nationals on April 15.
The stadium's escalators were also the scene of a fatal fall in 1985, when a 21-year-old Yonkers man fell 100 feet.
This is the Mets' last season at Shea Stadium. A new stadium, Citi Field, is scheduled to open next year.
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