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| Man hurt at football match dies | Man hurt at football match dies |
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| A man who was injured during a Premier League football match at Stoke City has died in hospital. | A man who was injured during a Premier League football match at Stoke City has died in hospital. |
| Police were alerted to an incident in a concourse of the Britannia Stadium's south stand which housed Blackburn fans just after 1600 GMT on Saturday. | Police were alerted to an incident in a concourse of the Britannia Stadium's south stand which housed Blackburn fans just after 1600 GMT on Saturday. |
| The 30-year-old fan, who was thought to have been hit on the head with a bin, was found unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he later died. | The 30-year-old fan, who was thought to have been hit on the head with a bin, was found unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he later died. |
| A 25-year-old man from Preston has been arrested over the incident. | A 25-year-old man from Preston has been arrested over the incident. |
| Police inquiries | Police inquiries |
| Staffordshire Police said the injured man was initially treated at the scene for a head injury and cardiac arrest by staff from West Midlands Ambulance Service and St John Ambulance. | |
| The fan was resuscitated at the scene and then taken to hospital. | |
| A police spokesman said: "A 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at 1.55am this morning at University Hospital North Staffordshire. | |
| "The circumstances are being fully investigated and a 25-year-old man remains in custody and is helping police with their inquiries." | |
| Ch Insp Adrian Roberts, match commander at the game which saw Stoke beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0, said there were just over 1,300 Blackburn fans at the game, and no Stoke fans were involved in the incident. | Ch Insp Adrian Roberts, match commander at the game which saw Stoke beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0, said there were just over 1,300 Blackburn fans at the game, and no Stoke fans were involved in the incident. |