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Baseball fan dies after fall in Atlanta stadium

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Aug 29, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Spectators react as emergency personnel treat a person who fell from …

(Reuters) - A baseball fan died on Saturday after falling from the stands during a game between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees, the Braves and media said.

"There was an accident during tonight's game involving a fan," the Braves said on its official Twitter page, later adding the team had received confirmation that the person "has passed away."

A reporter covering the game for Fox News described the incident on-air, telling viewers "Someone just fell over the upper-deck right below us.