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Man falls to his death from upper story of CenturyLink Field

Aug 9, 2016, 10:29 AM | Updated: 12:35 pm

An approximately 40-year-old man died after falling from the upper story of CenturyLink Field Tuesday morning.

The Seattle Fire Department reports the cause of the fall in under investigation.

Medics were called to the stadium around 9:30 a.m., The Seattle Times reports.

Seattle Fire Department Captain Shata Stephenson told the Times that the man fell 40-50 feet from “where you would walk up to your seats.”

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