Guy dies at baseball game catching ball

Stone was at the game with his young son, who watched as his dad tumbled over the outfield railing after catching the ball.

Arlington Fire Department officials said Stone, who witnesses said was conscious after the fall, "went into full arrest" while being transported by ambulance. He was pronounced dead at a Fort Worth hospital less than an hour after he fell. Ronnie Hargis was sitting next to Stone in the first row of seats in left field. The men had been talking before the accident. Hargis reached out to try to grab Stone, who fell headfirst through a gap of several feet that is between the seats and the foot-high outfield wall.

I tried to grab him, but I couldn't," Hargis said. It is the second fatal fall at a major league stadium this season. In May, a year-old man died after he fell about 20 feet and struck his head on concrete during a Colorado Rockies game. Another fan who was sitting near Stone saw him leaning over the rail. The second man tried to grab Stone's shirt, but could not hold on.

Video footage shows Stone's son -- decked in a Rangers hat and T-shirt -- reaching toward his father as he tumbles over the railing. Ronnie Hargis said he tried to grab Stone before he fell. Major League Baseball issued a statement saying officials were "shocked and saddened" over Stone's death and are reviewing the incident. On July 6, , a fan fell from the second deck of the ballpark while trying to catch a foul ball. The man, Tyler Morris, survived the foot fall but fractured his skull and injured his foot and ankle.

Stone was a year veteran of the Brownwood Fire Department. The city plans to fly flags at half-staff the day of his funeral, which is still being planned. His son was not involved in the fall and was not injured. The accident occurred during the second inning of the Rangers v. Star outfielder Josh Hamilton retrieved the ball and threw it into the stands. Bush when the accident happened.

He said, 'Please check on my son. My son was up there by himself. He talked and was conscious. We assumed he was okay. But when you find out he's not, it's just tough. There was an audible gasp in the stands when the man tumbled over the rail, eerily similar to an accident last July when a man fell about 30 feet from the second-deck of seats down the right-field line while trying to catch a foul ball.

Before the Rangers batted in the second, manager Ron Washington spoke briefly with one of the umpires. Michael Young, who was leading off the inning, could be seen talking to A's catcher Kurt Suzuki and pointing toward the area where the previous accident happened.