BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : 27 Injured in Camden Yards Accident
Twenty-seven people were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries after an escalator at Camden Yards in Baltimore jerked to a stop and sent riders falling atop each other before Saturday night’s game between the Orioles and Minnesota Twins.
The injured were taken to four area hospitals after the accident, which occurred about 20 minutes before the game between the Twins and Orioles, said Spiro Alafassos, an Oriole spokesman.
Most of them were transported to the nearby University of Maryland Medical Center and the Mercy Medical Center, he said.
“It’s mostly orthopedic problems--abrasions, lacerations, sprained ankles, cuts. At this point it looks like no one will probably need to be admitted,” she said.
“It went click-clack and whoosh. It’s just like the floor went out from underneath us,” said Greg Johnson of Brooklyn, Md.
Alafassos said the escalator would remain shut down until safety inspectors arrived to determine the cause of the accident.
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