Mets Fan Killed in Fall From Escalator at Shea

[Omar]

New York Times

A 36-year-old man who was leaving a Mets game with his relatives at Shea Stadium in Queens on Tuesday night was killed after he fell over the side of an escalator and plunged more than 30 feet, the police and Mets officials said.

 

The man was identified by the police as Antonio Nararainsami, a father of two from the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn who was attending the game with his young daughters and at least one cousin. With his two daughters trailing behind him, Mr. Nararainsami was walking down a still escalator near left field about 10 p.m. when he somehow went over the handrail and fell at least two levels to the floor of Lobby A, the police said.

 

He was taken to New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, where he died, the police said.

 

It was unclear precisely what caused Mr. Nararainsami to go over the rail. But the police initially said he was sliding down the rail on his way out of the stadium when the accident occurred. Relatives, including his daughters, told several news organizations on Tuesday night that Mr. Nararainsami was not intoxicated and had simply lost his footing as he was walking down the escalator.

 

“He wasn’t moving or nothing, he was just walking down,” Mr. Nararainsami’s 12-year-old daughter, Emily, told ABC Eyewitness News in New York. “I guess he tried to say something to us or something, and I guess he just lost his balance and flipped over.”

 

If it belongs in Social, go ahead and move it.

[OleMissCub]

“He wasn’t moving or nothing, he was just walking down,” Mr. Nararainsami’s 12-year-old daughter, Emily, told ABC Eyewitness News in New York. “I guess he tried to say something to us or something, and I guess he just lost his balance and flipped over.”

 

That poor child.