Fan dies in fall at baseball game - Rapid News Network
The fan was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office on Sunday morning as 60-year-old Gregory K. Murrey, a native of Alpharetta, Ga. The game wasn’t delayed while medical personnel treated the man for about 10 minutes, applying... The New York Yankees scored seven runs in the second and third innings for a 7-0 lead, and after the Braves got within three , the Yankees exploited their faltering relievers with a nine-run seventh inning for a 20-6 rout that completed a... Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: In what turns out to be the third death from a fall at Turner Field since 2008, Gregory Murrey’s family spoke to reporters asking for privacy during this time of grief. “To do something like that costs money and that’s the concern for Major League Baseball, is to raise the railings from 32 inches to 44 inches costs about $1. 1 million per stadium”, Dukes said. Investigators said the woman was walking in the right southbound lane of powder Springs Road when she was struck from behind by a green 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee, police spokesman Sgt. “The problem with ballparks is they’re so large now and the upper deck is so steep and it lends itself to that sort of thing and when they fall, they’re falling 40, 50, 60 feet”, Gorman said. He also said no fans were hurt in the area where Murrey fell. Source: rapidnewsnetwork.com
