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At least four people were killed and 40 injured after whipping winds sent metal stage rigging crashing down to the crowd at a concert in the Indiana State Fair on Saturday night, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
The accident occurred around 9 pm at the Hoosier Lottery tribune during a break, according to Jill Schmidt, a regional dispatch manager for the Indianapolis Police Department.
Three children were taken to Riley Hospital for children and eight adults to Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis. To the Wishard Memorial Hospital, were 17 patients, children and adults treated for injuries, none of them life-threatening, according to a spokesman for the hospital. None of the performers were injured.
At about 9: 30 Act, the singer-songwriters Jennifer nettles and Kristian Bush headlining Sugarland posted on their Twitter account: "We are okay. We pray for our fans, and the people of Indianapolis. We hope you will join us. They need your strength. " Shortly after, videos of the accident have surfaced on YouTube and Facebook. Substance in one, whipping across the sky before the rig collapses on the screaming crowd.
In hospitals, were supporting emergency room workers called on Methodist, was a staff of 50 treat the severely injured on Saturday night as more than a dozen walk-ins cast by the evening.
"It's a pretty serious situation, especially when you need to call in the most of your emergency crews," said Kristofer Karol, a spokesman for Indiana University Health, Methodist and Riley operates. He wouldn't say what kinds of injuries were treated. "It's back under control but here everyone works to us through this," he said.
At 10: 30, Sara Bareilles, the evening of other performer, posted on Twitter, "I'm speechless and feel so helpless. Send love and prayers to Indianapolis tonight.
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