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Sugarland stage tragedy: Was it preventable?

Nathan Byrd, 51, Indianapolis, died at Methodist Hospital early Sunday morning after Saturday night's fatal stage collapse before the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. / Photo provided by the Byrd family Nathan Byrd wasn't much of a

Country duo Sugarland scrapped a planned performance at an outdoor event in Iowa on Sunday after watching in horror as five people were crushed to death at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday. The

The death toll in Saturday's tragic stage collapse at the Indiana State Fairgrounds has risen to five, according to a State Fair spokesman. The accident occurred before country duo Sugarland was set to take the stage for their

Sugarland has canceled their concert at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday because an investigation prevented the band from salvaging any live equipment involved in Saturday's deadly stage

A stage collapse that killed five people at a Sugarland concert in Indianapolis Saturday will not affect the band's Aug. 25 concert at Raley Field in West Sacramento. Sugarland and opener Sara Bareilles cancelled Sunday's tour stop in Iowa Sunday as

Indiana fair to reopen with service for 5 killed in stage collapse

The death toll in Saturday's tragic stage collapse at the Indiana State Fairgrounds has risen to five, according to a State Fair spokesman. The accident occurred before country duo Sugarland was set to take the stage for their

The death toll in Saturday's tragic stage collapse at the Indiana State Fairgrounds has risen to five, according to a State Fair spokesman. The accident occurred before country duo Sugarland was set to take the stage for their

Powerful gusts of wind brought down the stage rigging at the Indiana State Fair tonight, resulting in at least five deaths and scores of injuries shortly before a Sugarland concert.

The country duo was safely underground when the stage rig fell over at the Indiana State Fair killing four. Crew members instantly “jumped into the pit and moved rubble,” says a backstage observer. “It's just heartbreaking."

Severe weather left four dead when high winds blew concert scaffolding onto the front rows, as the country band waited to take the stage. Dozens were reportedly injured according to reports, and an eyewitness who works for WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Ind.,