Fan falls to death at Texans stadium in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) -- A 25-year-old fan died after tumbling off an escalator from the fifth to ground floor while attending a preseason Houston Texans' game at Reliant Stadium, city police said Friday.
The man fell during the Thursday game between the Texans and the Minnesota Vikings, Reliant Stadium officials said in a statement.
Houston Police Department spokesman John Cannon said he could not identify the man until his family had been informed. He said the circumstances of the fall and what the man was doing at the time were still under investigation. The fan fell from the fifth-floor escalator to the ground floor, Cannon said.
''He was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital after we had had some fans get the attention of some Houston police officers who were nearby where the body fell,'' Cannon said.
Police consider the death accidental, Cannon said.
The Houston Medical Examiner's Office confirmed in an email Friday that it had received the body. The medical examiner's website said the man died in a Houston emergency room.
In 2011, a firefighter attending a Texas Rangers game in Arlington died when he fell from the left field stands while reaching for a baseball tossed his way by All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton.
Shannon Stone fell about 20 feet onto concrete when he tumbled over the left-field railing after catching the ball and falling into an area out of sight from the field as the Rangers faced Oakland. Cooper Stone, his 9-year-old son, witnessed the fall during the second inning.
In April, a statue of Stone and his son was dedicated to Rangers fans in front of the home plate gate at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Railings also were raised throughout the ballpark before this season.

at least they're keeping the statue industry employed

Joe Dumbass Fan Memorial Escalator

I have been to that stadium and I seem to recall the escalators being excessively complicated.

I have been to that stadium and I seem to recall the escalators being excessively complicated. .

Oh yeah, sometimes at Sears I would pass out from the pressure of trying to figure out the escalators, totally understandable

Did they have random spots where people were thrown over an edge and down 5 stories with no railing to save you?

The stepping off part at the end gets me every time. THER'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!!!

IWhy aren't either presidential campaigns talking about the dangers of escalators?

That's not a bad idea.

Have Abe Vigoda get on stage and talk to an escalator on your behalf. Boom....you're the next President...

Clint Eastwood would take his 357 out and shoot the fuck out of Abe.

If last night was any indication he'd probably accidentally pull out a piece of broccoli thinking its his gun

Did they get it on camera like the other one?