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Los Angeles Dodgers fan in critical condition after falling from building during World Series parade
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Los Angeles Dodgers fan in critical condition after falling from building during World Series parade

A Dodgers fan was hospitalized and fighting for his life after falling from the third floor of a building into a “hostile crowd” during the team’s game. World Series victory celebration in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.

The unidentified man was engaging in “graffiti-related activity” and went up to the third floor of a parking lot at the intersection of 8th and Flower Street around 1:30 p.m., four blocks from where the parade ended.

The man, who was marking the side of the structure, fell and crashed on the street below into a “hostile crowd,” the Los Angeles Police Department told The Post.

Dodgers fans tend to a man who fell from the third floor of a parking garage after the World Series parade in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024. KTLA 5

The loud fans had taken over the intersectionforcing the LAPD to use “multiple resources” to clear the area and allow the LAFD to reach the man.

Two bystanders had already been tending to the bloodied man before first responders arrived and “life-saving measures” began. according to KCAL.

The LAFD took the man to a local hospital in critical condition.

No arrests were reported in the crowd.

The Dodgers celebrated their eighth World Series championship Friday in the city after defeating the New York Yankees 4-1 in the series.

The fan had climbed to the third floor of a parking garage and attempted to spray paint a building before the fall. KCAL/YouTube News

Los Angeles descended into chaos following the team’s 7-6 comeback win in the Bronx on Wednesday.

Riot police were called to disperse rebellious crowds who had gathered in the streets, fireworks were set off, belligerent fans set fire to a bus while others clashed with the police and looters ran amok.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, at least six people were arrested for commercial burglary, four for receiving stolen property and two for failure to disperse.

LAPD officers were called to clear the area of ​​the “hostile crowd” to allow the LAFD to reach the man. KCAL/YouTube News
Rioting fans had taken over the intersection, forcing LAPD to use “multiple resources” to clear the area and allow LAPD to reach the man. KCAL/YouTube News

Several businesses were broken into during the chaos, including a boarded-up Nike store where looters ran out of the business with boxes of brand-name shoes.

A Dodger jersey fan he got carried away and blew off part of his hand while lighting a firework.

The 25-year-old man wearing a No. 22 Dodgers jersey, which is pitcher Clayton Kershaw’s number but had the name “King” on the back, was seen carrying lit fireworks at a crosswalk in downtown Los Angels.

The fireworks exploded in his hands before he could set them down and walk away, covering him in smoke and scattering sparks and blood across the avenue.

Dodgers fans took to the streets to celebrate the team’s World Series victory over the Yankees. Images by Kirby Lee-Imagn

On Friday, the victory parade got off to a slow start as buses carrying the team and their families got stuck in traffic.

Finally they arrived at the raucous, drunken celebration, which the Los Angeles Police Department estimates was attended by more than 225,000 people.