OTTAWA (AP)—A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital after he fell about 25
feet from the upper deck of Scotiabank Place during the second intermission of
the Ottawa Senator's victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.
According to witnesses, the man sailed headfirst past and over a few stunned
onlookers in the rows ahead of his seat before clearing the low railing at the
bottom of the third level and falling onto a row of seats in the level
immediately below.
Senators president and CEO Roy Mlakar said the man was carrying two beers
when he stumbled over a purse.“He was not inebriated,” said Mlakar, who confirmed that the man had beentreated on the scene for lacerations and that he was taken to a hospital as aprecautionary measure. “He seems fine, he’s totally cognizant. He recognizes that there’s nothingserious.” He added that two other people the man landed on in the section below also were treated at the scene, and that a third person, a 33-year-old woman, sustained a non-critical neck injury and also was taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons. Mlakar said it was the first such accident in the 13-year-old arena’s history.
feet from the upper deck of Scotiabank Place during the second intermission of
the Ottawa Senator's victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.
According to witnesses, the man sailed headfirst past and over a few stunned
onlookers in the rows ahead of his seat before clearing the low railing at the
bottom of the third level and falling onto a row of seats in the level
immediately below.
Senators president and CEO Roy Mlakar said the man was carrying two beers
when he stumbled over a purse.“He was not inebriated,” said Mlakar, who confirmed that the man had beentreated on the scene for lacerations and that he was taken to a hospital as aprecautionary measure. “He seems fine, he’s totally cognizant. He recognizes that there’s nothingserious.” He added that two other people the man landed on in the section below also were treated at the scene, and that a third person, a 33-year-old woman, sustained a non-critical neck injury and also was taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons. Mlakar said it was the first such accident in the 13-year-old arena’s history.