Sunday, January 13, 2008

tragic comedy

source: cnn



LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A man died after falling several stories in a Hollywood shopping mall while apparently attempting to slide down the banister of an escalator, authorities said.

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The Hollywood & Highland complex includes the theater where the Academy Awards ceremony is held.

The victim's friends told officials investigating the Saturday night incident at the Hollywood & Highland Center that the man "had been drinking quite a bit," said Los Angeles police Officer J. Boyer.

Boyer said the man lost his balance and plunged several stories onto the steps of a moving lower-level escalator.

The man was not identified. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead from a head injury.

The Hollywood & Highland Center also holds the Kodak Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held.

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