Stage collapse at Sugarland concert kills 5

By Alex Young on August 14th, 2011 in News

A stage which collapsed prior to Sugarland’s performance at the Indiana State Fair last night killed five people and injured dozens more, reports the Associated Press. According to witnesses, a large gust of wind caused the stage to collapse, sending steel scaffolding, lighting, and sound equipment into the audience. Video footage of the collapse can be seen here (warning: it’s extremely graphic.)

The tragedy comes less than a month after separate stage collapses at Cheap Trick and Flaming Lips concerts. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in either incident.

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  • http://twitter.com/ashleyjj1986 Ashley Johnson

    This is so terrible! God be with everyone’s families.

  • http://twitter.com/ashleyjj1986 Ashley Johnson

    This is so terrible! God be with everyone’s families.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=626756214 Zachary Lassiter

    Police and fire scanner traffic from this can be heard at http://stormchasermovies.com/police-fire-scanner-traffic-stage-collapse-indiana-state-fair/

  • Big Jack

    Wow that is really sad. The video is crazy and kinda makes you wonder if they will start reconsidering the “rain or shine” policy