A Pittsburgh Pirates fan that fell from a 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night’s game between the Pirates and Chicago Cubs remains hospitalized in critical condition, officials said Thursday.
The shocking fall led to the game being briefly delayed, and the fan was tended to for approximately five minutes by members of both the Pirates and Cubs training staffs, as well as PNC personnel, before being removed from the field on a cart.
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WATCH HEREShortly after the game ended, the Pirates issued a statement saying the man was transported to a nearby hospital.
In message posted to X late Wednesday night, Pittsburgh Public Safety, which includes Pittsburgh Police and EMS, said that the man was in critical condition and that police were investigating.
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SIGN UP In an updated post Thursday morning, Pittsburgh Public Safety said the incident was being treated as "accidental in nature," and they did not anticipate providing further updates to the public.
Pirates manager Derek Shelton and Cubs manager Craig Counsell both alerted the umpire crew of the situation immediately after the play. Teammates from both sides could be seen taking a knee after the incident.
“Even though it’s 350 feet away or whatever it is, I mean the fact of how it went down and then laying motionless while the play is going on, I mean, Craig saw it, I saw it. We both got out there,” Shelton said. “I think the umpires saw it because of the way it kicked. It’s extremely unfortunate. That’s an understatement.”
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Counsell said he and the team are thinking about the man's family, calling the incident "obviously scary." He was seen on the broadcast pointing out the man to umpires, who immediately halted the game, but Counsell told media he did not see the fan fall.
"We didn't know what we saw," he said after the game. "All we saw was somebody laying on the warning track, and you know that's not good. I hope the gentleman's OK. Thinking about his family and him right now."
Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson reacted to the incident after the game.
“I didn’t see anything happen, but I saw (Counsell’s) face when he came out on the field, and I could tell that it was a very scary moment,” Swanson said. “All we could do was just pray for a good, strong recovery for him and his family. I have never been part of something like that before and I hope I am never part of something like that again.
Fans have died from steep falls at baseball stadiums in the past.
In 2015, Atlanta Braves season ticket holder Gregory K. Murrey flipped over guard rails from the . That was four years after Shannon Stone, a firefighter attending a game with his 6-year-old son, fell about 20 feet after reaching out for a foul ball tossed into the stands at the former stadium.
Both incidents prompted scrutiny over the height of guard rails at stadiums. The Rangers raised theirs, while the Braves settled a lawsuit with Murrey’s family.
A spectator at died following a fall on an escalator.
