{"id":68282,"date":"2025-12-12T02:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/68282\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T02:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:05:36","slug":"man-plunges-to-death-while-playing-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/68282\/","title":{"rendered":"Man plunges to death while playing pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horrifying footage has captured the moment a 32-year-old fell to his death during a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/lifestyle\/pickleball-injuries-are-on-the-rise-but-players-cant-quit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">game of pickleball<\/a> in Malaysia on December 2.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who has not yet been named, can be seen leaping over the safety railing to try and retrieve a ball before plunging from the three-story court.<\/p>\n<p>The man reportedly jumped on the mesh netting that covered the gap, but fell when it tore under his weight.<\/p>\n<p>Shocked onlookers can be seen visibly horrified at the scenes, before rushing to the ground floor, where he was tragically found dead.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly took place at Playa Racquet Club <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/25\/us-news\/trump-dances-as-he-arrives-in-kuala-lampur-for-asia-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Kuala Lumpur<\/a>, which describes itself as providing \u201claid-back and fun pickleball sessions on rooftop courts, set against the stunning skyline of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.58024691;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37900976\" width=\"932\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/player-falls-death-third-floor-117150114.jpg\" alt=\"A person falling over a wall next to a pickleball court.\" class=\"wp-image-37900976\"  \/>A man in Malaysia died after leaping over a safety railing to try to retrieve a ball while playing pickleball. Viral Press<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54449472;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37900977\" width=\"911\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/player-falls-death-third-floor-117149787.jpg\" alt=\"A person falling over a barrier from the third floor of a building.\" class=\"wp-image-37900977\"  \/>The man reportedly jumped on the mesh netting but fell from the three-story court when it tore under his weight. Viral Press<\/p>\n<p>The social club provides a bar, cafe, relaxation space, three outdoor courts, and one indoor court.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the club said: \u201cWe are deeply saddened by a tragic incident that occurred at our TREC facility, which resulted in the loss of a life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time, we ask for understanding and compassion as we respect the privacy and loved ones affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe kindly urge the public to refrain from speculation while the appropriate authorities carry out their investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Wangsa Maju district police chief Mohamad Lazim Ismail said that \u201cthe case has been classified as a sudden death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he confirmed that authorities received a report around 9:43pm regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deceased was playing pickleball on the third floor and had climbed over the court\u2019s fence to retrieve a ball and fell to the lower floor,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Horrifying footage has captured the moment a 32-year-old fell to his death during a game of pickleball in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1840,23665,11938,9,11,10,1115,1076],"class_list":{"0":"post-68282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-death","9":"tag-falls","10":"tag-malaysia","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-video","15":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}