A fan apparently fell out of the right-center field bleachers onto the warning track before the Cubs-Braves game on Thursday night at Wrigley Field.
Other fans and journalists at the park tweeted that the fan looked like he was “not moving” and “out cold”:
Horrifying sight at Wrigley Field. A fan just fell on the field from the right field wall. Laying on the warning track. Hasn’t moved. #Cubs
— Brett Lyons (@Brett__Lyons) July 8, 2016
Brett Lyons, a producer at CSN Chicago and 670 The Score, tweeted that the fan appeared to be slightly moving after a few minutes:
Cubs personnel are attending to the fan. Appears to be slightly moving. pic.twitter.com/XJj8ZuU8g2 — Brett Lyons (@Brett__Lyons) July 8, 2016
The fan was put onto a stretcher and carted off:
There is a basket that goes across the top of the outfield wall at Wrigley Field, and it’s hard to understand how someone would fall from the bleachers over this:
How is this even possible? https://t.co/lYfyC7JI8G — Julie DiCaro (@JulieDiCaro) July 8, 2016
The incident happened when the Cubs and Braves were supposed to be playing. The game is in a rain delay, and is a makeup game for a game that was rained out earlier in the season.
We’ll let you more about the fan if more information becomes available.
UPDATE: The fan was “severely injured”, and the Cubs say the fan “attempted to jump”, rarely than simply falling.