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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 09:12 PM Aug 2015

Report: 2 dead, 15 hurt in New Hampshire tent collapse

Source: Yahoo News

LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A circus tent collapsed when a severe storm raked a northern New Hampshire fairground Monday, killing two people and injuring 15 others, authorities said.

WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/1Hnh5WB ) reported that state Department of Safety spokesman Michael Todd confirmed the fatalities.

The accident happened Monday evening at the Lancaster fairgrounds, about 90 miles north of the state capital in Concord. Florida-based Walker International Events was scheduled to do two shows Monday before moving on to Vermont on Tuesday. The company did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday night.

State police say it's unclear exactly how many people were hurt but up to 250 people were in the tent when it collapsed

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/tent-collapses-250-inside-hampshire-fairgrounds-000842057.html

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Report: 2 dead, 15 hurt in New Hampshire tent collapse (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 OP
oh no! Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #1
a tent collapsed in storms in LiberalElite Aug 2015 #2
yes - it made me do a double-take when I saw the headline... NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #3
Yes Oldtimeralso Aug 2015 #5
Maybe people need to learn murielm99 Aug 2015 #4

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
4. Maybe people need to learn
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:24 AM
Aug 2015

better ways to secure their tents at these types of events.

That is two tragedies now.

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