An fan suffered on Wednesday a fall of about six meters from the stands during a match between the Pittsburgh pirates and the Chicago puppies in the big baseball leagues.
In a statement, the pirates reported that the man, to which they do not identify or give details of their injuries, was transferred to the Allegheny General Hospital of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).
The incident caused the suspension of the game during the lower part of the seventh entry in the PNC Park.
A video broadcast on social networks shows the amateur sitting in the front row of the so -called Muro Clemente, baptized in honor of the legendary vest of pirates Roberto Clemente.
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-After the man collapsed above the railing to the field, players and coaches of both teams immediately asked for the game to stop.
The medical staff of the court and the pirates rushed to attend the fan and evacuated him on a stretcher.
Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton later said that both he and his puppies counterpart, Craig Counsell, had observed the fall.
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Shelton praised the medical staff of the enclosure and asked “everyone who is present in their prayers.”
