30 Jan 2009

Football fan dies at German Cup match

10:03 am on 30 January 2009

A football fan has died after falling from the terraces before a German Cup game in Dortmund.

Police say the man fell from the south terrace in the Signal-Iduna-Park during the clash between Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremmen.

The game went ahead with neither side knowing about the incident.

Police say they don't know the cause of the fall but it's a tragic accident.