The match between River and Defensa y Justicia was suspended at minute 26 of the first half, when the match was 0-0, due to the death of Pablo Marcelo Serrano, a 53-year-old man who fell into the void from the high Sivori tribune.
After the tragic event, the club issued a statement and announced that the prosecutor Celsa RamΓrez ordered the closure of the place.
Also read: The dramatic story of a young man who saw the fan fall on the River field: “There was an explosion”
“Heaven has one more angel”: the sad farewell of the relatives of the River fan who died in the Monumental
June 03, 2023, 8:17 p.m.
Pablo Serrano was 53 years old and died after falling from the high Sivori grandstand.
His nephew fired him through his Twitter account. “I love you with my soul uncle, heaven has one more angel. RIP,” the young man wrote.
The sad farewell to Pablo Serrano’s family. (Photo: Twitter)
Tragedy at the Monumental: the statement from the Professional Football League after the death of the River fan
June 3, 2023, 8:00 p.m.
The match was suspended after the fans’ request (Photo: REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian).
The official account of the First Division tournament announced the suspension of the match in which the Millionaire tied against Defensa y Justicia.
River’s official statement after the tragedy that took place at the Monumental with the death of a fan. (Photo: Capture)
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Who was Pablo Marcelo Serrano, the man who died when he fell from a stand on the River court
June 03, 2023, 7:45 p.m.
Pablo Marcelo Serrano was a member of the MorΓ³n de River branch (Photo: FB).
When 25 minutes had passed into the first half, a man died in the SΓvori Baja grandstand of the βMonumentalβ stadium.
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They closed the SΓvori del Monumental tribune after the death of a River fan in the middle of the game
June 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
They closed the Monumental for 24 hours after the death of the fan. (Photo: TN)
The decision was made by prosecutor Celsa RamΓrez and is valid for 24 hours. According to what they indicated in an official statement, it is to “obtain evidence.”
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The dramatic story of a young man who saw the fan fall on the River field
June 03, 2023, 7:25 p.m.
Federico, a spectator who witnessed the dramatic moment, told TN: “I was in SΓvori Baja and an explosion was heard, as if a firecracker had been thrown.”
βI was 20 or 30 meters away, the capacity was full. What I saw is that they were asking for an ambulance and that the game be suspended because it was serious,” said the young man, who was one of the 83,000 spectators who were present this Saturday afternoon.
In this sense, he added: βWhen I saw this, it shocked me. I was watching the game and I heard a ‘boom’. Everyone began to ask that the game be suspended because a person had fallen.
The fan fell in the middle of the game. (Photo: Twitter / @CoraSanty)
Federico, who usually goes to the “Monumental” often, pointed out that he did not see if it was a man or a woman. However, they told him that he would apparently be a man.
βI have no information on whether he jumped or fell. At other times it happened that there were people who wanted to go from the SΓvori Alta or from the SΓvori Media to the SΓvori Low and they have fallen and hurt themselves ugly β, he added. He also commented that the emergency personnel took about five minutes to get to the place where the victim was.