After their practice in El Segundo on Monday, Lakers players and coaches shared their thoughts on the incident. Guard Derek Fisher, whose infant daughter successfully battled a rare, life-threatening form of eye cancer three years ago, said he was stunned.
The Lakers had already left the court when Lucas fell. But some fans were still milling around. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing.
Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. The luxury boxes have tiers of seats, fronted by concrete walls. Atop the walls are glass barriers. The barrier varies in height but at its lowest point is about the height of an adult's waist, said Michael Roth, a spokesman for Staples and owner, AEG. Roth declined to be more specific about the height and it was not immediately clear from which point the boy fell.
He said the toddler fell into a general seating area about 30 rows up from the court. The child fell 25 to 50 feet, according to various estimates from police detectives, fire officials and Roth.
Witnesses said the boy was moving his arms, legs and head when paramedics put him in an ambulance, Roth said. An autopsy conducted Tuesday on a 2-year-old boy who plunged from a skybox after a Los Angeles Lakers game determined that his death was an accident.
John Kades said the official cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries. The toddler fell from a third-level luxury box and landed on a row of seats minutes after the Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors. He died at a hospital. The luxury box from where he fell was filled with fans as usual.
The division procedurally investigates sudden deaths of children under 11, and the probe did not necessarily indicate a crime was involved, Officer Julie Sohn said. Fall at Lakers Game.
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