Fan in his 40s falls 50ft to his death from balcony while trying to do backflip during concert at Citi Field in NYC
- A man fell to his death Friday night while trying to do a flip on the fifth-floor balcony at Citi Field during intermission at the Dead & Company concert
- The Brooklyn resident in his 40s was pronounced dead at NewYork–Presbyterian Queens Hospital that night
- Police say the man was possibly inebriated while attempting the flip
- Other concertgoers saw the tragic incident with one saying, ‘I heard people going ‘ahhh’ and see people running. I said ‘bro, someone took a f—ing header’
A fan fell to his death Friday night while trying to do a flip on the balcony at Citi Field stadium at a Dead & Company concert in New York.
During intermission at around 9 pm, the man, a Brooklyn resident in his 40s, fell about 30 to 50 feet landing on concrete, police said. First responders said they were called to the scene at 9:05 pm and found the man injured apparently from a fall.
Ambulances took him to NewYork–Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A driver working outside the stadium told The New York Post he saw the man ‘flip’ before he fell and slammed into the ground.
A Brooklyn man in his 40s fell to his death while attempting to flip on the fifth-floor balcony during intermission at the Dead & Company show
The concert was held at Citi Field on Friday night after the Grateful Dead tribute band kicked off a 31-date tour earlier this week
‘He was unresponsive and he hit the ground head first. There was no way he survived,’ said the driver, Dan, who only gave his first name. ‘He was way too drunk. You could smell it.’
‘His brother came downstairs and found out he jumped,’ Dan added. ‘His brother was with him. He was crying.’
A fan in a tie-dye tank top told The Post, ‘I heard people going ‘ahhh’ and see people running. I said ‘bro, someone took a f—ing header.’
Police sources said the man was possibly under the influence when he attempted the fatal flip on the fifth floor.
‘The people are inebriated, the people are intoxicated,’ a security guard, who declined to give his name, told The Post.
Police taped off an area next to the right field entrance after the incident. ‘We see something fall and we heard him hit the ground,’ said Sean Egan, 27, who was one level up.
‘It’s terrible,’ Egan said. ‘I wish I didn’t see it happen … It kinda killed the mood.’
Dead & Company, the Grateful Dead tribute band, which features members of the legendary rock band Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside John Mayer, kicked off a 31-date tour earlier this week.