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Stage rigging collapse kills 4 at Indiana State Fair
MBNBC ^ | August 13, 2011 | via WTHR TV

Posted on 08/13/2011 7:37:18 PM PDT by Beaten Valve

Stage rigging collapsed after a storm gust Saturday night, trapping and injuring at least a dozen people at a concert at the Indiana State Fair, NBC station WTHR reported.

The outdoor stage was set up for the Sugarland concert at the state fairgrounds.

Medics and rescue crews throughout Indianapolis were converging on the State Fairgrounds after Hoosier Lottery Grandstand stage rigging fell.

Dave Lindquist, music journalist for The Indianapolis Star, reported on Twitter, "Tragedy at fair concert. Entire stage collapses on track." He also wrote that "perhaps a dozen injured people have been removed from track on stretcher-type boards."

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: collapse; fair; indiana; indianapolis; kills; rigging; stage; state; statefair; sugarland
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1 posted on 08/13/2011 7:37:26 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

I’ve been listening to the scanner audio. 24 people have been transported, several more are being transported.

http://www.justin.tv/radioman911#/w/1615185120/3


2 posted on 08/13/2011 7:42:18 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Beaten Valve

Indy Star is reporting four dead.


3 posted on 08/13/2011 7:45:29 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: MediaMole

Video from the scene shortly after the event...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QFz7K5JFP4&feature=player_embedded#at=12


4 posted on 08/13/2011 7:47:42 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: MediaMole

video showing the actual collapse. It’s blurry, but shows the incident.

http://youtu.be/nvwN3dfpHZU


5 posted on 08/13/2011 8:05:36 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Beaten Valve

Prayers for those involved


6 posted on 08/13/2011 8:10:57 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: MediaMole

Prayers for the victims.


7 posted on 08/13/2011 8:11:41 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ((You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.))
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To: MediaMole

That looked pretty bad...


8 posted on 08/13/2011 8:11:55 PM PDT by Doofer ("If debt is the problem, how is more debt the solution"?)
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To: Beaten Valve

Storm front rolled thru ...


9 posted on 08/13/2011 8:19:19 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Beaten Valve

Hey! This is awful Same thin happened to Cheap Trick in Ottawa, nobody killed though.

I guess you have to be careful with temporary stage structures.

Terrible for the folks on stage, awful for the crowd, who can see it happening yet can’t do anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqpXNfywT4


10 posted on 08/13/2011 8:26:55 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

Let the lawsuits begin!


11 posted on 08/13/2011 8:48:46 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

As well they should. There is no excuse for this incident.


12 posted on 08/13/2011 8:54:09 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Beaten Valve

Half-assed stage rigging. Such things have been errected for decades now. A stage collapse nearly killed Cheap Trick and their crew at a show in Canada last month.


13 posted on 08/13/2011 10:08:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: a fool in paradise

The stages probably made in China and erected by people that don’t speak English... /partial_sark


14 posted on 08/14/2011 12:25:48 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Beaten Valve

Was the stage set up by union laborers?


15 posted on 08/14/2011 12:34:34 AM PDT by Mashemeyer
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To: Beaten Valve
My wife was at that venue earlier this week for David Nail. The cell phone video making the rounds on the 'net is heart rending, especially the crowd response that you can hear in the background. May G-d be with those affected.

CC

16 posted on 08/14/2011 4:36:17 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from a lack of wisdom.)
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To: Lmo56

Serious wind surge on the front. I was just finishing grilling a steak when it hit. Plants on the deck were tipping over and it darn near blew out the gas grill.


17 posted on 08/14/2011 5:47:57 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Beaten Valve

Morning update: 4 possibly 5 killed, 44 injured, at least 10 in critical per the Indianapolis Star.


18 posted on 08/14/2011 6:17:07 AM PDT by tcrlaf (PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMISTS FOR OBAMA2012!)
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OK, per WISH-TV 5 killed, “Other deaths expected”


19 posted on 08/14/2011 6:18:35 AM PDT by tcrlaf (PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMISTS FOR OBAMA2012!)
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To: tcrlaf

For those not familiar with the venue, the stage is quite a distance from the covered grandstand. The section in between is the straightaway of the old dirt race track. Folding chairs and standing areas are sectioned off on this dirt area.
The part that collapsed was the canopy over the stage which also has lighting and a video screen. Basically steel trusses covered by tarps.

Commendable work by spectators helping in the rescue, both extraction of the wounded and medical personnel in the crowd assisting with triage and emergency aid.


20 posted on 08/14/2011 6:53:34 AM PDT by nascarnation
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