UPDATE: Son of prominent NYC restaurateur dies in freak escalator fall after Rangers game at MSG
The son of a once-prominent Big Apple restaurateur died in a freak fall at Madison Square Garden after a Rangers game last weekend, officials said.
Ernest Vogliano, 61, was riding an escalator railing inside the World’s Most Famous Arena when he plunged two to three floors to his death around 10:40 p.m. Saturday, sources told The Post.Vogliano’s family has now hired an attorney to get to the bottom of the incident, claiming they were kept in the dark about how it happened.
“We have no idea what happened, but they do,” family attorney Fred Eisenberg told The Post. “We have to review the evidence.Ernest Vogliano died after a fall from an escalator following a New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. His family is now seeking answers.The NYPD reported a 911 call of an injured person at the arena around 10:40 p.m. on Saturday and found an unresponsive man suffering from head trauma.
An autopsy by the city medical examiner determined that Vogliano died as a result of blunt force trauma and ruled his death at the Garden an accident.AFP via Getty Images But Eisenberg said the family was never given the details, prompting him on Wednesday to send MSG officials a demand that all evidence relevant to Vogliano’s death, including surveillance video footage, be preserved until it can be reviewed.Ernest Vogliano / facebook
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