Italian fan leans dangerously over edge of stand before falling eight metres after football match

Les joueurs des deux équipes n’ont pas souhaité s’exprimer devant la presse. Unsplash – illustration – Peter Glaser

Following a protest movement by his group, a tifoso reportedly fell into the void after the Serie C (3rd division) match between Novara and Pro Patria. He was urgently evacuated to hospital.

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During a Serie C match, the third Italian division, between Novara and Pro Patria, a tragedy occurred in the stands, reports Le Parisien according to an Italian media outlet Ansa. As Novara won 2-1, the Pro Patria players went towards their supporters to greet them.*

However, The latter, unhappy after a series of defeats by their team, began to come down from the visitors' stand, located high up in the stadium.

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It was at this moment that a man, probably around forty years old, leaned dangerously over the edge of the stand before toppling over. He fell eight metres head first into the void.

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Immediately, an ambulance entered the field, and the emergency services tried, without success, to revive the victim. Seriously injured, the man was taken to the hospital in Novara, where his condition was considered “extremely serious”, according to our colleagues.

Deeply shocked, the players of both teams, Pro Patria and Novara, chose not to to speak to the press after this tragic event.