At least 5 people dead after Indianapolis stage collapse
Posted Aug 14, 2011 3:32 pm.
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Authorities in Indiana have identified the five people who were killed when a blast of wind toppled a stage and its rigging before a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair.
Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. David Bursten said Sunday that four people died Saturday when the collapse happened and a fifth person died overnight at a hospital.
The Marion County Coroner’s office identifies the victims as 23-year-old Alina Bigjohny of Fort Wayne, 29-year-old Christina Santiago of Chicago, and three Indianapolis residents: 42-year-old Tammy Vandam, 49-year-old Glenn Goodrich and 51-year-old Nathan Byrd. It was Byrd who died overnight.
The fair was closed Sunday.
