Lancaster, New Hampshire 2015-08-03, 5:46PM - A summer storm struck a circus tent about 15 minutes into the performance. Witnesses say that the tent lifted-up allowing the metal support poles to fall over onto the audience. The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning just 20 minutes before the tent collapse. The show was on-going when the storm hit the site bringing one inch hail, 60 mile per hour winds, and lightning.
The circus company, Walker International Events of Sarasota, Florida, made no effort to notify anyone of the pending conditions, stop the show, or evacuate the tent. About 100 people were in the tent when it collapsed.
Visiting from Concord, Vermont, 41 year old Robert Young and his 6 year old daughter Annabell were killed when a tent support pole landed on them. Another 32 people have also been treated for injuries.
State Fire Marshal Bill Degnan said "The circus did not have a place of assembly permit, and that's one of the things that we're looking into." Degnan also said that it's unknown why the show continued during a severe thunderstorm warning. He added that it was the responsibility of the circus organizer to monitor weather conditions.
Lancaster is a small town in the northern part of the state near the White Mountains National Forest.
The circus company, Walker International Events of Sarasota, Florida, made no effort to notify anyone of the pending conditions, stop the show, or evacuate the tent. About 100 people were in the tent when it collapsed.
State Fire Marshal Bill Degnan said "The circus did not have a place of assembly permit, and that's one of the things that we're looking into." Degnan also said that it's unknown why the show continued during a severe thunderstorm warning. He added that it was the responsibility of the circus organizer to monitor weather conditions.
Lancaster is a small town in the northern part of the state near the White Mountains National Forest.
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