About two dozen people were reported wounded in the incident at the fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Strong winds reasoned the stage rigging for the outdoor concert to collapse, trapping and injuring concert-goers shortly before 9 p.m.
No one was performing at the time. The opening proceed had finished, and the crowd was waiting for Sugarland to take the stage.
Indiana State Police did not instantly return phone messages to The Associated Press to remark on the deaths. But the Indianapolis Star and WTHR reported that three people died, based on information released by authorities. Details on the conditions of those wounded were not immediately known.
Emergency crews were called to the sight, and workers were setting up a command center to tend to those who were wronged.
The collapse came as thousands of concert-goers were being evacuated from the fairground grandstand to a close by coliseum when a wind gust brought down the stage rigging. The rigging fell onto a region where some fans were seated.
Sugarland's Stage Collapses At The Indiana State Fair
(August 12, 2011 - Photo by Joey Foley/Getty Images North America)
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