Fan died at Turner Field

[fatcowxlive]

 

R.I.P. hate when this happens

[GD]

Oh god. R.I.P. Thoughts out to his family.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Oh god. R.I.P. Thoughts out to his family.

 

His family thanks you for your concern.

[Errorcebia]

This seems to be happening every season now.

[flafson]

Maybe if they throw more balls people wouldn't commit suicide over them?

[Angrioter]

Rip

[KSaw]

Maybe if they throw more balls people wouldn't commit suicide over them?

 

And maybe with higher railings people wouldn't fall off a platform that faced outside the stadium and onto a parking lot. This wasnt a drunk diving for a baseball like an idiot. I don't know the details but it occurred during a 2-hour rain delay. Everything had to be wet and slippery. What a waste.

Edited August 13, 2013 by KSaw

[KSaw]

http://m.ajc.com/news/news/man-critical-after-fall-at-turner-field/nZMkR/

 

There is the news video from Atlanta Channel 2 Action News within the link. Around the 8 second mark and at the end you can see the railings around the concourse platforms. They are near to waste high to many people. They can't be over 4 feet high and that seems a stretch. They are open air, metal and could easily be soaked by rain coming in on a bit of an angle.

 

I can easily picture someone tall putting both hands on the rail and going right over if he was leaning forward and the rail was wet.

[z3r0s]

http://m.ajc.com/news/news/man-critical-after-fall-at-turner-field/nZMkR/

 

There is the news video from Atlanta Channel 2 Action News within the link. Around the 8 second mark and at the end you can see the railings around the concourse platforms. They are near to waste high to many people. They can't be over 4 feet high and that seems a stretch. They are open air, metal and could easily be soaked by rain coming in on a bit of an angle.

 

I can easily picture someone tall putting both hands on the rail and going right over if he was leaning forward and the rail was wet.

 

I generally hold the stance that life kills people. I don't generally agree when people try to 'idiot proof' things when someone dies doing something they shouldn't have been doing in the first place. I'd have to see more details before I came to any conclusion. It certainly doesn't seem like this guy was doing much out of the ordinary at first glance.

 

In either case, tough for the guys family.

[TBJ12]

Found these pics on the Braves message board. Apparently this is the fence the man fell over.

 

First pic is the parking lot he fell into, second pic is the fence he fell over.

 

 

 

 

The fence isn't even in the general stadium seating area and the fence does look awfully low, especially with the little step up in front of it.