http://www.nba.com/2010/news/11/23/l....html?ls=iref:
LOS ANGELES -- 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.
Police and paramedics said Lucas Anthony Tang suffered massive head injuries in the Sunday night fall at Staples Center, but Los Angeles County coroner's Capt. 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 Lakers held a moment of silence for Tang before Tuesday night's game against the Chicago Bulls. The luxury box from where he fell was filled with fans as usual.
The Police Department's juvenile division launched a probe and the arena also was investigating.
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.
Sohn released few details of the incident, saying only that the boy's family was taking photographs and "somehow the child went over the edge of the section."
No one answered the door of a Garden Grove home believed to be the boy's residence. A vehicle with a Lakers decal was parked in the driveway of the house, and a basketball hoop was nearby.
Michael Roth, a spokesman for Staples and owner AEG, said no such incidents have occurred in the 11-year history of the downtown arena.
Roth said the toddler fell from the third tier of boxes, or about 30 feet, into a general seating area about 30 rows up from the court. Each box has tiers of seats with safety glass embedded in concrete walls.
The building is in compliance with city codes, which require guardrails to be at least 26 inches high in front of seats, Department of Building and Safety spokesman David Lara said.
The safety barrier consists of 16-inch-high concrete topped by glass ranging in height from 10 inches in front of the seats to 26 inches near steps, Roth said. That would put the total height of the barrier at 26 inches to 42 inches, depending on the location. The concrete also has a ledge to place drinks in the concrete below the glass, Roth added.
The arena is home to the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
Pretty damn sad. What were the parents thinking.
This one kills me as a parent of a 3yo. Once they learn to move you have to constantly watch them cause they'll do all kinds of things you never expect. If the kid can get his/her hands on the ledge, it only takes a couple second to clear it. My theory is kids have a mechanism designed in them to destroy themselves and it's your job to protect them. That said, if the ledge is such that a young kid can crawl over it, weak...
Sometimes even adults do stupid things. For instance I became the way I am by jumping off of an overpass and trying to land on top of the Lakers team bus so I could get inside where I belong. Didn't quite work out.
Welcome to 3 days ago theres already a more hilarious thread on this subject BTW
Hey I know chicks that will dudes in wheelchairs, so if you're still having trouble virgin boy, let me know.
I don't need your castoffs I'll just give your mom a call
At least he was alive when he went over.
The autopsy was mandated for no other reason than to confirm that.
So instead of homicidal parents he had dumb parents. Bog surprise they were laker fans
dumb is preferable to homicidal, yes.
Yet both result in a dead kid
There but for the grace of God, Wreck.
The good lord does not protect us from our own stupidity
Perhaps. But, rest assured,,,
"If you live long enough some bad is gonna happen to you."
If your parents are dumb s it won't be that long
My quotation doesn't specifiy the temporals.
That's why I lodged it.
This kid had more court time than Bynum this year.
tee, hee
That's wrong at many levels...
you would think kids are off limits...
terrible tragedy for the family, no matter how you look at it.
tang?
rofl I laughed for some reason
kids yes, parents and bynum no bynum jokes are bad karma thoughyou would think kids are off limits...
terrible tragedy for the family, no matter how you look at it.
beware the curse of drew........
condolences to the family as i could only imagine what it's like to lose a 3 year old child..
at the same time.. ive worked at a tourist location and i've seen parents neglect their kids on similar levels.. not necessarily intentionally but it just amazes me how neglectful they can be..
maybe i'm just different but when my brother was still a toddler.. i would keep eagle eyes on him because i already knew about the risks of leaving them by their lonesome.. reminds me of the time i yanked him away from sticking a fork in the wall outlet.. but hey.. then again .. all of this could've just happened in a split second..
Your parents must be very proud you.
It'll be bond twixt you & your brother forever.
lol yea mom was..
he was around 3 or 4 when that happened..
he's 17 now
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