Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Indiana State Fair Tragedy

18-people remain hospitalized, down from 25 who were hospitalized on Monday.
In the meantime, the investigation continues with a total of six different agencies looking into the cause.
A preliminary report could come within the next few days but the release of the final report could take months. An investigation is underway into that deadly collapse of the State Fair's concert stage.
Officials say a powerful gust of wind of up to 70 miles-per-hour blew down the stage roof and lighting scaffolding onto the crowd. An announcer had warned of the possibility of severe weather but planned to start the show as scheduled. But minutes later, the sky turned black, the wind came and the stage fell apart.
The Marion County Coroner's office identifies the victims killed in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse as 23-year-old Alina Bigjohny of Fort Wayne, 29-year-old Christina Santiago of Chicago, and three Indianapolis residents: 42-year-old Tammy Vandam, 49-year-old Glenn Goodrich and 51-year-old Nathan Byrd.  Byrd was the fifth person who died overnight following the accident. Reports indicate he was a spotlight worker who was somewhere on the stage when it came down before the band Sugarland was set to play.

11 comments:

  1. that is so sad that something like this happened.

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  2. Thanks for the update

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  3. That is such a terrible thing that happened

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  4. Bet that cost quite a few dimes

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  5. Now there is a lawsuit for 50 million dollars that was filed. its gonna get crazy!

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  6. wow now u probably want to rethink doing a concert if a storm is coming

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  7. This is a shocking story. Thats a huge amount of money....

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