A 20-year-old man who plunged 35ft from the upper level of a stadium in the US and struck another fan has died.

The man fell on another American football fan seated in the mezzanine area at the Georgia Dome last night, the Georgia World Congress Centre Authority, which operates the stadium, said in a statement.

Investigator Leon Harrison at the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said today that Isaac Grubb, of Lenoir City, Tennessee, was pronounced dead just before midnight in hospital.

He said a post-mortem examination is planned and Mr Grubb apparently suffered blunt force trauma injuries.

The other man was treated in hospital but later released.

The incident occurred during the Tennessee-North Carolina State game.

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