A Brooklyn family is suing the Mets, the city and two elevator companies over a fatal escalator accident at Shea Stadium.
Antonio Narainasami, 36, died in April 2008 after falling over an escalator railing and tumbling several stories. He had been walking down the escalator, which wasn't moving, when it jerked and he flew over the railing, according to The New York Post.
Narainasami fell four stories and landed on an escalator below, according to the lawsuit his widow filed in Queens Supreme Court. The suit says the escalator was too steep and its railing was too low.
A lawyer for the city called the case "tragic.''
Shea Stadium was demolished to make way for the new Citi Field this year.
Its escalators were involved in several serious accidents, including at least one other fall death in 1985.
Two elevator companies -- Brink and Otis -- were also sued, according to the Post. Neither company returned the paper's call for comment.
