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Person dies after falling from the stands at Ohio State graduation | |
ceremony | |
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN | |
Updated: | |
12:04 PM EDT, Mon May 6, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
A person fell from the stands at the football stadium during Ohio State | |
University’s graduation ceremony and died Sunday, university | |
officials confirmed. | |
“Tragically, an individual fell from the stands and is deceased,” | |
Benjamin Johnson, a representative for the university, told CNN in an | |
email Monday, adding the school had no additional details to share. | |
The identity of the person who died is not yet available. | |
The commencement was hosted at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, which can seat | |
more than 100,000 people. Guests were seated in several levels of | |
bleachers lining the horseshoe-shaped stadium, as seen in of the event | |
posted by Ohio State. | |
Ohio State awarded 12,555 degrees and certificates at the ceremony | |
Sunday to students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, the | |
. | |
Chris Pan, a social entrepreneur, musician and inspirational speaker | |
was the designated for the event. | |
The university is working to make counseling and other support | |
resources available for anyone affected by the incident, Johnson said. | |
are not unheard of, especially as stadiums are being built bigger to | |
accommodate larger crowds, researchers say. | |
could seat about 66,000 people when it was first built in 1922. Over | |
the years, the stadium has seen several renovations, including those to | |
build extra seating and install railings, according to Ohio State. | |
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