Stadium tragedy
Maybe you heard about the tragic death of a man at Soldier Field during the Eagles-Bears game yesterday.
Well, stadium officials are now calling the fall accidental.
Soldier Field spokesman Luca Serra said today that the man’s death was an “unfortunate accident.” He called it an “isolated incident.”
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has publicly identified the man as Stewart Haverty of Woodstock.
Chicago police spokesman John Mirabelli says Haverty’s death doesn’t appear to have been criminal. He didn’t have details on how Haverty came to fall approximately 35 feet onto the roof of a stadium storage area.
Stewart was declared dead shortly after arriving at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Sunday.Still, autopsy results are pending.
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