Baseball fan's fall 'accidental in nature,' police say, as graphic video shows incident

A graphic video showed however a shot instrumentality plummeted 21 feet to the crushed astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh connected Wednesday night, leaving the antheral successful captious condition.

The antheral appeared to spell implicit the guardrail supra Clemente Wall successful close tract arsenic Pirates prima Andrew McCutchen knocked successful 2 runs successful the seventh inning. He did a cartwheel successful the aerial earlier helium deed the informing track. Managers and players from the Pirates and Chicago Cubs instantly called the attraction to the umpires and aesculapian unit to halt the crippled and cheque connected the man.

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An opening time assemblage watches a shot crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh connected Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

He was past placed onto a backboard and carted disconnected the field. Officials aboriginal said the antheral was successful captious condition.

Pittsburgh Public Safety Officials said Thursday the incidental was being treated arsenic "accidental successful nature."

"This incidental is being treated arsenic accidental successful nature. The diligent remains successful captious information astatine the hospital," officials said successful a station connected X. "Pittsburgh Police bash not expect providing immoderate further updates to the public."

The Pirates released a connection connected Wednesday night.

"Tonight, during the seventh inning of the crippled astatine PNC Park, an big antheral fell from the close tract bleachers onto the tract of play," the Pirates said successful a statement.

"Pittsburgh EMS, arsenic good arsenic the Pirates and Cubs grooming teams and different PNC Park unit reacted and responded instantly and administered care. He was transported to Allegheny General Hospital. No further accusation is disposable astatine this time.

Medical teams thin to a instrumentality astatine PNC Park aft falling retired of the stands during the seventh inning of a shot crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs successful Pittsburgh connected Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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"Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family."

Cubs players were among those who took a genu arsenic they watched the antheral get placed connected a backboard and onto the aesculapian cart.

"I didn’t spot thing happen, but I saw (Counsell’s) look erstwhile helium came retired connected the field, and I could archer that it was a precise scary moment," Cubs prima Dansby Swanson said. "All we could bash was conscionable commune for a good, beardown betterment for him and his family. I person ne'er been portion of thing similar that earlier and I anticipation I americium ne'er portion of thing similar that again.

"It’s a humble reminder of the gratitude we should each person to play this game. Folks evidently travel retired to enactment us, and they are a large crushed wherefore we are capable to bash what we do. It’s evidently tough. At a clip similar that, you privation (the fans) to cognize you emotion them."

McCutchen offered a supplication connected X.

A instrumentality is carted disconnected the tract aft falling from the stands during the seventh inning of the crippled betwixt the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine PNC Park connected April 30, 2025 successful Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

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"Truly hatred what happened tonight," helium wrote. "Cant assistance but deliberation astir that guy, his household and friends. I commune contiguous for him. Let america deliberation astir his loved ones and hug our families a small tighter tonight. I anticipation helium pulls thru. May God Bless you all. Good night."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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