Stadium Escalator Horseplay Claims Another Fan

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Horseplay is the stated cause of last night's fatal fall from a Reliant Stadium escalator of 25-year-old Jonathan Kelly, who allegedly tried to slide down the escalator's outside rail and fell three stories to the pavement below. Kelly - who was taken by private ambulance to a hospital, where he died, according to initial reports - was attending the Houston Texans' final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings when the accident occurred near the Coca-Cola Gate at the northeast side of the stadium.

The fall appears eerily similar to one that took place in May 2011 at Coors Field in Denver, where 27-year-old Robert Seamans fell 20 feet to his death while attempting to slide down a stairway rail. A medical examiner's report released months later indicated that drugs and alcohol played a "significant" role in the accident. No links to drugs or alcohol have thus far been reported in the Kelly case.

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