Eagles fan, 18, dies after falling from pole during wild celebrations after team reached Super Bowl

A Philadelphia Eagles instrumentality who plunged from a rod portion celebrating the team's Super Bowl berth connected Sunday nighttime has died from his injuries.

Temple University student Tyler Sabapathy, 18, was placed connected beingness support aft suffering a encephalon wounded from the fearfulness autumn astatine 15th and Market streets successful Philadelphia's Center City.

He was rushed to Jefferson Hospital with 'critical injuries' earlier passing distant connected Tuesday January 28, according to NBC 10 Philadelphia.

Temple University announced precocious Tuesday nighttime that Sabapathy - a first-year pupil and autochthonal of Toronto, Canada - has died aft the tragic incident.

The teen was a pupil astatine Temple’s College of Public Health, wherever helium was majoring successful workout and sports science. He was besides an aspiring gymnast who won implicit 120 medals successful assorted determination and planetary competitions. 

'As a subordinate of the university’s nine gymnastics team, Tyler displayed exceptional self-discipline and enactment ethic, spending countless hours a week grooming and honing his craft. He was loved by his teammates, friends and coaches present successful Philadelphia,' a schoolhouse spokesperson wrote.

Temple University chiefs are offering  resources for students and unit impacted by Sabapathy’s death.

His tragic autumn came connected a chaotic nighttime successful Philadelphia, wherever mayhem broke retired aft the Eagles trounced the Washington Commanders successful Sunday's NFC Championship game.

One antheral was stabbed during an statement extracurricular the Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field stadium and gunshots were fired successful the metropolis center, portion hundreds of fans clashed with riot constabulary aft taking to the streets to enactment the nighttime away.

Several radical were besides near injured erstwhile a car ploughed into a ample assemblage retired celebrating the triumph implicit the Commanders, which acceptable up a Super Bowl showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs successful New Orleans.

Sabapathy's autumn came aft Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker had begged fans not to ascent poles contempt it becoming contented pursuing large victories.

'You don't privation to beryllium successful a celebratory moment, you know, person a calamity occur,' Parker warned earlier urging supporters: 'Please don't ascent the poles.' 

Footage connected societal media besides showed different instrumentality falling from a airy rod aft trying to drawback onto a emblem which had ripped, though helium appeared to look unscathed.

New Orleans constabulary spokesperson Barry Fletcher besides issued a informing this week astir climbing thoroughfare poles astatine adjacent month's Super Bowl, and portion helium neglected to notation Eagles supporters by name, helium was directing his effect to a Philadelphia newspaper. 

'Regarding climbing thoroughfare airy poles, that is not lone amerciable [trespassing] but is unsafe arsenic galore of the thoroughfare airy poles successful the French Quarter are rather old,' Fletcher said successful an email to the Philadelphia Inquirer. 'Climbing connected them risks toppling the airy pole.'

While chaos ensued connected the streets, connected the tract it proved a historical nighttime for Philadelphia arsenic the Eagles cruised past the Commanders to scope their 2nd Super Bowl successful 3 years.

Running-back sensation Saquon Barkley stole the amusement aft powering done for different 60-yard touchdown tally positive 2 different rushing scores successful the 55-23 thrashing of Washington.

Jalen Hurts besides rushed for 3 touchdowns to acceptable up a mouthwatering rematch with the Chiefs, who got the amended of them successful the 2023 Super Bowl.