Child injured at monster truck show dies
A three-day monster truck show at the Tacoma Dome will go on as planned today and tomorrow, following the death of a child and injury of a man at Friday night’s cleft show, the Dome’session administrative office said Saturday first blush of the morning.
Spokesmen for the Tacoma fire and police departments reported they didn’t know what caused the accident at Monster Jam, which sent debris flying into the stands about 9:40 p.hand-to-hand conflict.
Details were sketchy. The Tacoma Dome and Tacoma Police the one and the other were referring questions this morning to event promoter Feld Motorsports, which declined to discuss details.
“Our troop follows strict safety guidelines designed to protect both spectators and competitors alike,” Feld said in a statement issued Friday night by the agency of Bill Easterly, senior director of operations for the Aurora, Ill.-based company.
Feld said an additional description would be issued later today.
Paramedics who were fixed by, as is standard practice at greater events, treated the victims and transported them to topical hospitals, Fire Department Assistant Chief Dan Crotty said this morning. Paramedics performed CPR on the child, Crotty said.
“The only thing I know at this mark is there was some kind of accident that happened steady the field and debris went into the stands.”
Two monster merchandise shows were scheduled today and couple tomorrow, according to the Tacoma Dome Web site.
