INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 24-year-old cheerleading coach from Ohio has become the seventh person to die from injuries when an outdoor stage collapsed in strong winds at the Indiana State Fair, police said Monday.
Meagan Toothman died late Sunday, Indiana State Police said. She was among those injured when the stage collapsed as fans waited for the country act Sugarland to perform on Aug. 13.
Police said Ms. Toothman died from injuries suffered in the collapse, but they didn’t release any details. Ms. Toothman was head cheerleading coach at Turpin High School in Cincinnati.
Four fans and a stagehand died within hours of the collapse and another fan died Friday. Authorities say roughly four dozen more were hurt, many seriously.
It was not known Monday how many of those injured remained hospitalized. State police stopped providing updates on the injured last week, and hospitals have not provided reports on the condition of those hurt.
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