Immigrant From Iraq Dies at St. Louis Missouri Park
Karrar Abudarb, a 19-year-old immigrant from Iraq and St. Louis, Missouri resident was killed Monday night after a goal post collapsed upon him at Wilmore Park in St. Louis city. This particular park is in a neighborhood called Southampton and is bordered by Chippewa Street, Hampton Avenue, Eichelberger Street, and Kingshighway.
According to his soccer teammates, Mr. Abudarb was doing "chin ups" from the cross beam of the goal post when it gave way. His teammates attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
The city claims this was not a goal it put up. It is not quite clear how the metal goalposts got to the park. Initially, the city accused the players of bringing the goalposts to the park. However, numerous witnesses have confirmed the metal goal posts had been there for quite some time. In fact, it now appears the city confirms this is the case as the city has admitted it should have removed the posts prior to this incident.
After this incident, the City of St. Louis ordered the goal posts to be removed and were in fact removed by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry.
At this time, it is not yet clear how the goal post collapsed. It seems this particular post was not secured in the ground.
No wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by a lawyer for Mr. Abudarb's family at this time.
It is unclear whether any other injuries have occurred at this park.
