A person was taken away by ambulance after an damage at Acrisure Stadium. The incident occurred Saturday evening following the Pitt Panthers recreation in opposition to NC State and forward of Sunday evening’s Pittsburgh Steelers recreation in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
KDKA’s Ricky Sayer first shared the story shortly earlier than 11 PM/EST Saturday, noting a heavy fireplace and police scene close to the scoreboard of Acrisure Stadium.
He adopted up that story with this information package deal for KDKA, noting a person was rescored and brought away on a stretcher into an ambulance.
UPDATE: Emergency crews rescued one man from the again facet of the scoreboard at Acrisure Stadium. We noticed crews reducing the person on a basket/stretcher and brought away in an ambulance. Numerous Sunday Evening Soccer broadcast crew members had been current. @KDKA stay shot ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/EnkSeALwyZ
— Ricky Sayer (@RickyReports) October 26, 2025
“There was somebody who gave the impression to be injured that was taken down in a basket,” Sayer stated. “That is proper on the bottom of the scoreboard of Acrisure Stadium.”
He additionally famous a “giant quantity” of Sunday Evening Soccer crew members had been current through the time, although it’s not clear if the person injured works for NBC and the Sunday Evening Soccer crew. It’s typical for a crew to arrange late at evening earlier than the sport, particularly given the school soccer recreation that didn’t finish till after 7 PM/EST with much more time wanted for the stadium to be cleared of followers and personnel.
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As of this writing, there are few confirmed particulars of what occurred, and this submit shall be up to date as extra data turns into obtainable.
In 2022, a person died on the stadium after following off an escalator after a Steelers recreation in opposition to the New York Jets. His loss of life was later dominated an accident. Earlier this yr, a person fell over the Clemente Wall at PNC Park and was rushed to the hospital. He recovered after a number of surgical procedures and months of rehab.
The Steelers and Packers are set to kickoff Sunday evening at 8:20 PM/EST.
