Fan Falls From Upper Deck

Fan Falls From Upper Deck at Rangers Ballpark — A fan reaching out from the upper deck for a foul ball at Rangers Ballpark fell to the section below and was injured in the fifth inning of the Texas Rangers-Cleveland Indians game tonight. The game was delayed for more than 15 minutes as emergency crews attended to the fallen spectator. Both fans and ballplayers appeared to be shaken by the accident. “It just rattled everybody,” Fox Sports Southwest sportscaster Josh Lewin said on air.

The Rangers’ Nelson Cruz fouled the ball into the upper deck club level along the first-base line. A witness said the ball sailed above the fan in section 235. He reached out to catch it as it caromed back toward the field, went over the railing, tried to catch himself on the lower suite level and flipped backward onto the seats about 30 feet below.

Fox Sports Southwest, which was broadcasting the game, reported that the fan had been taken to John Peter Smith Hospital.

Rangers executive vice president/communications John Blake later said that the spectator was stabilized, “able to move all his extremities and was responsive to paramedics.”

Four other fans were injured and were being treated at the stadium, Rangers officials said.

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