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09-18-2003, 03:39 AM
September 18, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A fan fell to his death at Pacific Bell Park on Wednesday night, shortly before the San Francisco Giants clinched the NL West title.
According to witnesses, the man attempted to climb down the outside of the right-field wall onto the walkway 24 feet below to retrieve something he dropped during the eighth inning.
He slipped and fell onto the field-level walkway between the fence and McCovey Cove, according to Giants vice president of communications Staci Slaughter.
Police and paramedics responded to the scene, but the fan, whose identity was not revealed, died from his injuries, Slaughter said. San Francisco police didn't immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
``As far as we're concerned, it was an accident,'' Slaughter said. ``It's just a tragedy.''
It's the first death at Pacific Bell Park since it opened in 2000. The right-field wall borders McCovey Cove, where long homers land in the water.
The Giants and their fans were unaware of the accident as they celebrated their division title moments later.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A fan fell to his death at Pacific Bell Park on Wednesday night, shortly before the San Francisco Giants clinched the NL West title.
According to witnesses, the man attempted to climb down the outside of the right-field wall onto the walkway 24 feet below to retrieve something he dropped during the eighth inning.
He slipped and fell onto the field-level walkway between the fence and McCovey Cove, according to Giants vice president of communications Staci Slaughter.
Police and paramedics responded to the scene, but the fan, whose identity was not revealed, died from his injuries, Slaughter said. San Francisco police didn't immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
``As far as we're concerned, it was an accident,'' Slaughter said. ``It's just a tragedy.''
It's the first death at Pacific Bell Park since it opened in 2000. The right-field wall borders McCovey Cove, where long homers land in the water.
The Giants and their fans were unaware of the accident as they celebrated their division title moments later.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-giants-fandeath&prov=ap&type=lgns