Community | August 14, 2011 | 4 comments

Terrifying Video of the Deadly Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

source: http://gizmodo.com/5830685/terrifying-video-of-the-deadly-indiana-state-fair-stage-collapse

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Absolutely gut-wrenching video of the Indiana State Fair concert stage collapse from last night. Reports indicate a freak wind burst and sudden weather may be partially to blame, and that the concert was delayed at the time.

It goes without saying that our hearts go out to the victims of this awful, awful incident.
Update: There are a now-confirmed five dead and 40-plus injured (including a rumored paralysis).

Labeling this an engineering accident was short-sighted and the post has been updated to reflect that fact.

[You can see] audience members who were not injured in the collapse are running toward the accident. Even seconds after this disaster unfolded, there were brave men and women sprinting toward potential danger to help others.


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4 comments // Terrifying Video of the Deadly Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse // Video

  • letsliveinpeace
    • 0
      letsliveinpeace  

    • I remember this story I posted this article of Sugarland Concert stage collapse at Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, IN, Thanks for posting this video for more information. This was scary. I hope everyone's OK.

    • 1 year ago
  • Buddha2112
    • +2
      Buddha2112  

    • Pretty fucked up... When there's a Severe thunderstorm warning, you should go and stay indoors. It's sad people died... but... WTF people. Strong winds, lightning, possible hail... DANGER. They even put the concert on hold.

      Watching the comments on some of the videos is pretty unnerving though... Nigger this, nigger that, making up names of people saying they died to get sympathy... posing as an injured... Holy damn, that's a new level, even for youtube comments.

    • 1 year ago
  • JustZ
  • wynnmeg61
    • +5
      wynnmeg61  

    • I am glad that people ran to aid those that were harmed. It is a terrible shame that this happened but sometimes these kinds of things do happen. It is just not possible to be completely safe absolutely all of the time under all circumstances.

    • 1 year ago
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