Dad dies trying to catch baseball in stands

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A man died at a baseball match after losing his footing and falling 20 feet from the stands, trying to catch a ball.

 

Shannon Stone, 39, who was watching the game with his young son, leaned out to grab the ball, but went over the railings and plummeted down a gap between the video board and the stands.

 

Ronnie Hargis, who sat next to Shannon when the tragedy unfolded, said: "He went straight down. I tried to grab him but I couldn't."

 

Witnesses said Shannon was conscious after the fall in Arlington, Texas. But he suffered a cardiac arrest on his way to hospital and was later pronounced dead.

 

The tragedy happened as Texas Rangers took on Oakland Athletics.

 

It is the second fatal fall at a Major League Baseball stadium this season.

 

In May, a 27-year-old man died after he also fell about 20ft and struck his head on concrete during a Colorado Rockies game.