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49ers fan dies after fall at 49ers-Packers game in San Francisco

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San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick throws down field in the second quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on September 8, 2013. UPI/Bruce Gordon
San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick throws down field in the second quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on September 8, 2013. UPI/Bruce Gordon 
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Published: Sept. 8, 2013 at 9:45 PM
By KATE STANTON, UPI.com

An unidentified male died Sunday afternoon after falling from an elevated pedestrian walkway that circles San Francisco's Candlestick Park.

The victim, a 49ers fan in his 30s, was walking with his brother just after kickoff at the San Francisco 49ers game against the Green Bay Packers.

A San Francisco police rep told KTVU that witnesses thought the man looked intoxicated when he fell onto the sidewalk below.

Police are withholding the man's name until his family is notified.

In August, a "lifelong" Atlanta Braves fan fell 85-feet from a platform at Turner Stadium. The man's parents blamed his accidental death on the stadium's "dangerous" construction.

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