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Police say the truck driver apparently fell asleep and hit a highway barrier. No injuries were reported.
Some lanes of the highway are expected to be closed for hours for cleanup work, with crews using a small front-end loader to scoop the butter tubs and whipped cream containers into large trash bins.
The NHRA broke out the jet cars for some exhibition races this weekend at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.
In this video, it's hard to see, but the Friday night qualifications wrap up with two jet cars and the INCENERATOR driven by David Bays on the far side (right lane) looses control at the end of track and goes over wall.
He amazingly walked away from the crash. I'll update if I get better video of this crash.
The moments leading up the tragic stage collapse in Indianapolis on Saturday (8/13) will be analyzed for some time, but word emerged Monday that were it not for a decision to hold Sugarland back from the stage for just a moment, they would have been walking on just as the rigging collapsed.
Associated Press reports that Sugarland tour manager Hellen Rollens was with the band, who were preparing to make their stage entrance. She saw the sky and told them to hold back for a minute.
It was then that the wind gusts kicked up, culminating in the collapse of the rigging surrounding the stage. The scaffolding then collapsed on stage crew and lurched forward into the audience, ultimately killing five people and sending 45 to the hospital.
Sugarland manager Gail Gellman told the Associated Press that others felt it was safe to go on, but Rollens felt something wasn't quite right and went with her intuition.
The explosive sounds of the collapse sent the band and crew with them scrambling for cover and huddling against a wall, as it wasn't clear that the space they were in wouldn't crumble around them next.
They eventually made their way out of the dust and debris to their tour bus to regroup and try to understand what happened.
The duo, singer Jennifer Nettles and singer-instrumentalist Kristian Bush are "devastated," says Gellman, who was with another management client in Las Vegas on Sunday but met up with Nettles on Sunday.
"There are moments I can see great clarity in her eyes, and there are moments I can see her tears well up so much that I just don't know what to do," Gellman told AP. "She's just processing and wants to encourage people to be together, to support each other."
Despite the complete destruction of their stage set, the band's tour with Sara Bareiles is expected to continue Thursday in Albuquerque.
At least four people were killed and 40 people were injured in a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair during a severe thunderstorm on Saturday night.
Indiana State Police confirmed the fatalities and said the injuries to some victims are so severe that the death toll could rise.
The video is chilling.
The collapse happened about 8:50 p.m. as Sugarland, a country music act, was preparing to perform on the fair's main stage.
The National Weather Service said winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph hit the stage ahead of a line of severe thunderstorms.
A severe thunderstorm warning had been issued for Marion County before the collapse.
An on-site emergency center was set up at the fairgrounds immediately after the collapse. Other people at the concert converged on the collapsed stage in the immediate aftermath, trying to pull the injured from beneath the mangled wreckage.
"It's gratifying to know that people at a moment's notice will jump in to help others," Bursten said. "After the stage fell, it was complete chaos. Everyone had froze," said Jason Scofield, who was at the concert. "There was hundreds of people trying to lift the front of the stage up."
Some patients were taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital and Methodist Hospital, both equipped with trauma facilities. Hospitals brought in extra personnel to handle an influx of patients.
Other patients were taken by ambulance to various hospitals in and around Indianapolis, and some were driven to hospitals. Several children were among those injured, and at least three of them were taken to Riley Hospital for Children.
Officials asked anyone worried about a loved one they haven't heard from after the stage collapse to contact the American Red Cross, which opened its headquarters on East 10th Street in Indianapolis. People trying to get in touch with loved ones can call the Red Cross
Sugarland posted this message on the band's Facebook wall:
"You may see on the news that our stage collapsed tonight. We are all right. We are praying for our fans, and for the people of Indianapolis," the post read. "We hope you will join us. They need your strength."
Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 7:26AM 