updated 9:34 p.m. ET Dec. 3, 2008

OTTAWA - A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital after he fell about 25 feet from the upper deck of Scotiabank Place during the second intermission of the Ottawa Senators’ victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

According to witnesses, the man sailed headfirst past and over a few stunned onlookers in the rows ahead of his seat before clearing the low railing at the bottom of the third level and falling onto a row of seats in the level immediately below.

Senators president and CEO Roy Mlakar said the man was carrying two beers when he stumbled over a purse.

“He was not inebriated,” said Mlakar, who confirmed that the man had been treated on the scene for lacerations and that he was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure.

“He seems fine, he’s totally cognizant. He recognizes that there’s nothing serious.”

He added that two other people the man landed on in the section below also were treated at the scene, and that a third person, a 33-year-old woman, sustained a non-critical neck injury and also was taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons.

Mlakar said it was the first such accident in the 13-year-old arena’s history.

More news

Dave Reginek / NHLI via Getty Images

Scales tilting in Detroit

PHT: The Red Wings entered their series with the Blackhawks as massive underdogs. That's no longer the case after taking a 2-1 series lead Monday.

NBC Sports

Red Wings score twice in 31 seconds

  The score was tied at zero almost halfway through Game 3 between the Blackhawks and Red Wings, but Detroit would turn that zero into a two very quickly. First, Gustav Nyquist scored on a breakaway and then 31 seconds later, Drew Miller deflected a shot past Corey Crawford.

Headlines

• Label

'Hawks potential tying goal waved off

PHT: Stalberg returns to Hawks' lineup for Game 3

PHT: Senators sneak past Penguins in OT

Highlights: Senators 2, Penguins 1

PHT: Spezza gets rude welcome in return from injury

PHT: Bruins hammer Rangers, up 2-0  |  Highlights

PHT: Avs reportedly eye Roy as next coach

PHT: USA wins bronze at worlds  |  Highlights