Ice hockey fan dies after falling on escalator after Rangers game at MSG

The son of a once-prominent Big Apple restaurateur died in a freak fall in Madison Square Garden after a Rangers game last weekend, officials said.

Ernest Vogliano, 61, was riding on an escalator rail at the world’s most famous arena when he fell two to three stories to his death around 10:40 p.m. Saturday, sources told the Post.

His death was later ruled accidental, his family and officials said.

Vogliano’s widow Lesa has now hired a lawyer to get to the bottom of the incident and claims she was left in the dark about how it all happened.

“We have no idea what happened, but they know,” family attorney Fred Eisenberg told The Post. “We need to review the evidence.

“We know he was there and we know he died,” Eisenberg said. “We’d like to find out how.”

The NYPD reported an 911 call from an injured person at the arena around 10:40 p.m. Saturday and found an unresponsive man with head trauma.

Vogliano was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police officers said.

An FDNY representative said Wednesday there was no record of a call to the Garden, so it’s not immediately clear how Vogliano was taken to the hospital.

An autopsy by the city coroner found Vogliano died of complications from blunt force trauma and ruled his death in the garden was an accident.

However, Eisenberg said Lesa never received the details, prompting him on Wednesday to send MSG officials a request that all evidence relevant to Vogliano’s death, including surveillance video footage, be retained until it can be reviewed.

The incident comes as MSG owner James Dolan’s company is under investigation by the New York State Liquor Authority, which could potentially result in the agency revoking not only the Garden’s liquor licenses, but also Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theater moves in.

Dolan has also taken the heat for using facial recognition technology to ban fans he deemed undesirable from his venues — including lawyers, with whom he has legal troubles.

In an email on Wednesday, an MSG representative described Vogliano’s death as “a tragic accident” unrelated to the state alcohol investigation.

“A fan of last Saturday’s Rangers game was injured in a tragic accident while leaving the venue and was immediately rushed to a local hospital where he died,” the email read. “Our deepest and heartfelt condolences go out to his loved ones.”

Vogliano’s father, the late Ernest Sr., was the longtime owner of the Il Vagabondo restaurant on East 62nd Street, a former Italian social court that grew into a popular eatery whose diners in its heyday included Cindy Crawford and Tom Hanks.

The younger Vogliano was the founder of Monster Productions, a web design company in New York City, and editor of Aspen Aces & Eights magazine.