In brief: Man killed when tent collapses on crowd in Chicago
CHICAGO – A man was killed and more than a dozen injured Sunday when a tent where people had sought shelter during a brief storm blew off its moorings and collapsed on some of the crowd at a festival in a Chicago suburb.
Mike Rivas, deputy police chief in the suburb of Wood Dale, said three people were seriously injured. Fifteen people were transported to hospital and others slightly injured were treated at the scene and released, Wood Dale police said in a statement posted on Facebook.
The fatality was identified as Wood Dale resident Steven Nincic, 35.
The incident happened at midafternoon when a sudden storm brought high winds, hail and rain to the annual Prairie Fest, Rivas said.
“People sought shelter under the tent and then it hit,” he said of the storm.
The tent was ripped from its moorings and fell on some people, said Craig Celia, a spokesman for Wood Dale, which is about 25 miles northwest of Chicago. The remainder of the festival’s final day was canceled, he said.
Two dead from suspected overdose at festival
POMONA, Calif. – Two women are dead from suspected drug overdoses after authorities say they collapsed at the HARD Summer music festival.
The Los Angeles Times reports that an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old were found unresponsive at the Pomona festival Saturday evening.
According to authorities, one woman was transported to Pomona Valley Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. The other was taken to the same hospital and died at about 8 p.m.
Their identities were not immediately released, pending notification of relatives.
Two explosions rock New Mexico churches
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A pair of small explosions just 20 minutes and a few miles apart shocked congregants Sunday morning at two churches in southern New Mexico.
There were no injuries or deaths from the blasts outside Calvary Baptist and Holy Cross Roman Catholic in Las Cruces, Las Cruces police spokesman Danny Trujillo said. Each building sustained minor damage.
Authorities are working to determine who planted the explosives, what materials were used and whether the blasts were related.
Several agencies including the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and New Mexico State Police are assisting with the investigation.
The first explosive device went off at about 8:20 a.m. in a mailbox on a wall near the administrative entrance to Calvary Baptist. According to police, several worshippers were inside the church at the time, but services hadn’t started. The next blast came from a trash can outside Holy Cross Catholic at about 8:40 a.m. The trash can was near a glass entryway, which was damaged.