Dodgers fan hospitalized after falling off roof during World Series celebration
LOS ANGELES - A man was severely injured after falling off the third floor of a building during the Dodgers celebration Friday in downtown LA.
The incident happened at 8th and Flower streets around 1:30 p.m. as the World Series parade and celebration concluded.
Images from SkyFOX showed dozens of people surrounding the man as he laid on the ground. Several people also quickly jumped in to help. Paramedics arrived and took the man to the hospital. His condition is unknown, but it appears he might have suffered some head trauma.
Pricialla Flaherty saw the man after he fell. That's when she said she noticed a young boy shouting.
"Everybody started screaming, and then I heard the son screaming ‘That’s my dad, don't get near him,'" Flaherty said.
The LAPD told FOX 11 that the man was "engaged in graffiti related activity." Flaherty said the son told her his dad went up to tag something when he fell.
Tens of thousands of Dodger fans gathered in LA Friday morning to watch the parade and celebrate the team's eighth title. The massive crowd made it difficult for paramedics to respond to the area.
The man and his son were both taken to the hospital, where the man remains in unknown condition.
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Shortly after the celebration's conclusion, people on the street were seen throwing rocks and bottles, even fighting with officers. The Los Angeles Police Department ordered the crowd to disperse.
Video from SkyFOX showed officers in riot gear marching along the parade route.
The area near Figueroa Street and Olympic Boulevard was briefly shut down after officers took a person from a crowd into custody for throwing a bottle at law enforcement, according to the LAPD.