Circus Tent Topples After Crowd Evacuates
Wind up to 100 mph toppled a circus tent, injuring seven circus workers, minutes after the audience of about 125 people was evacuated.
Spectators at the Roberts Brothers Circus in this Roanoke Island community could have been killed had the firefighters and circus crew not acted quickly Sunday, a rescue official said.
After the 25-foot-high tent went down, Roanoke Island firefighters quickly got ambulances to the scene. The ringmaster and six other circus employees were hurt by poles and other falling objects, the official said.
Four of the injured were taken to hospitals and the other three were treated at the scene.
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