IN - Indianapolis State Fair Stage Collapse-4 Dead

[SuziQ]

Live feed:
http://www.wishtv.com/subindex/video/live_events_1

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[SuziQ]

Four people dead after stage collapses at Indiana State Fair
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/firefighters-respond-to-fair-accident

 

[SuziQ]

Stage collapses at Indiana State Fair

Story and photos at link:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/13/indiana.stage.collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

[Kat]

Thank you Suzi. So sad.

 

[Kimster]

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[SuziQ]

17 patients at Wishard Hosp. Non life threatening injuries. Ages children to adults.

Other patients taken to Methodist.

http://www.wthr.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?vt1=l&d1=0&ClipId1=http%3A//streamdata.dispatchbroadcast.com/WTHRLive.asx&LiveURI=http%3A//streamdata.dispatchbroadcast.com/WTHRLive.asx&h1=Indiana State Fair stage collapse&at1=News&LiveURITitle=Indiana%20State%20Fair%20stage%20collapse&LaunchPageAdTag=News&fvCatNo=undefined&secure=undefined&akPort=undefined&akProfile=undefined&rnd=88425755

 

[Peachy]

Press Conference
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8305542#&cmp=twi-kgo-livevideo-8305542

 

[twall]

Live reporting-news conference set for 1:30 am

http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/firefighters-respond-to-fair-accident

 

[SuziQ]

Five people are dead and more than 40 are injured after the main stage collapsed Saturday night at the Indiana State Fair.
More at link:

http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/firefighters-respond-to-fair-accident

 

[Starry Night]

Press conference coming up in a couple of minutes as reported at above link from SuziQ

 

[Starry Night]

Here's a live link
http://www.wishtv.com/subindex/video/live_events_2

 

[Hope32]

5 dead now... 40+ injured

 

[Show Me]

So sad! My prayers for the victims and their families!

May people learn from this tragedy and develop guidelines and better communication to prevent the terrible event from happening again.

 

[RLynne]

I'm a bit behind on the news, and I just found out about this...ugh. This hits close to home, as my boyfriend is a stagehand. There was another stage collapse not too long ago, at a Cheap Trick concert in Canada.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/us/15indiana.html?ref=us

Stagehands operating lights and equipment high above the stage plummeted into the crowd along with the rigging, according to concertgoers.

Most of the victims had seats in the V.I.P. section called the “Sugarpit,” according to WTHR.com, a local NBC affiliate.

Witnesses said that concertgoers, who initially fled as the rigging collapsed, rushed back moments later to help those caught in the debris as the thunderstorm rolled in.

My thoughts are with folks in IN tonight, both those who were working the show, and all the folks who rushed back in to help.

 

[Fairy1]

Prayers to the families of those who lost loved ones and all those who rushed in to help. Bless their souls.