Charges laid in 2009 stage collapse
Posted Jul 29, 2011 12:38 pm.
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Almost three dozen charges have been laid after a stage collapse that killed a woman at a country music festival in Alberta two years ago.
Donna Moore was crushed by falling scaffolding when a fierce storm tore through the grounds at the Big Valley Jamboree near Camrose on Aug. 1, 2009.
Another 75 people, including members of Hollywood actor Kevin Costner’s band, were injured.
The 33 charges under provincial health and safety legislation are against three companies involved in putting on the show.
A lawsuit on behalf of Moore’s sons, who are 10 and 16, was filed last week.
Earlier this summer, three people were injured when an outdoor stage collapsed in Ottawa at the annual Bluesfest.
