Penguins Fan Hospitalized After Falling From Upper Concourse During Game Vs. Blues

A Penguins instrumentality was taken to nan infirmary aft falling from nan precocious concourse into nan little vessel astatine PPG Paints Arena during Monday's crippled against nan Blues.

The incident occurred during nan first play aft Pittsburgh's Anthony Mantha scored nan team's 2nd extremity of nan game. The instrumentality reportedly landed successful Section 101 and was unconscious while being attended to by section EMS.

The Penguins released a connection astir nan incident:

"The Pittsburgh Penguins tin corroborate that an big antheral fell from nan precocious concourse to nan little vessel astatine PPG Paints Arena earlier this evening. The individual was instantly attended to by Pittsburgh EMS arsenic good arsenic PPG Paints Arena unit and has since been transported to a section hospital. Although location is nary further accusation astatine this time, nan Penguins and OVG Management Group are intimately monitoring nan situation. Our concerns stay pinch nan individual and his family astatine this time," publication nan team's statement.

The big antheral who fell from nan precocious concourse reportedly struck different individual successful nan suite level connected his measurement down to nan 100 level. The individual who was struck by nan falling man declined to beryllium taken to a infirmary aft being evaluated by aesculapian personnel, according to The Athletic.

After nan game, during which Sidney Crosby recorded his 1,700th profession point, nan Penguins skipper addressed nan incident and sent his good wishes to nan fan.

“We conscionable heard personification fell tonight. Doesn’t consciousness correct to beryllium talking astir points. My thoughts and prayers to that person,” said Crosby, via Josh Yohe of The Athletic.

It's nan 2nd incident of an individual falling astatine a master sporting arena successful Pittsburgh successful conscionable nan past 2 days. On Saturday night, earlier nan Steelers hosted nan Packers connected Sunday successful Week 8 of nan NFL's regular season, a worker fell 50 feet from nan scoreboard astatine Acrisure Stadium onto a catwalk successful nan mediate levels. He was escorted to nan infirmary and remains successful captious condition.

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