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Nine acrobats seriously injured in Providence circus fall Nine acrobats seriously injured in Providence circus fall
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A safety official said on Sunday that nine acrobats had been seriously injured after falling from an aerial platform at a Rhode Island circus. A spokesman said on Sunday that eight acrobats fell from a platform at a circus in Rhode Island while one dancer was injured on the floor below.
Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said the injuries sustained in Sunday's accident at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus were not life-threatening. He said the performers fell 25 to 40ft The show's general manager said the accident occurred during the "hair hang" act, while performers were hanging from their hair.
Pare said officials and inspectors at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence had not yet determined how the accident occurred. The accident happened on Sunday morning, during a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus' Legends show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence.
He said: "Obviously, something went wrong." Stephen Payne, a spokesman for Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros, confirmed that nine performers were seriously injured, including eight who were in the air.
The Dunkin' Donuts Center said two shows scheduled for later on Sunday and two others scheduled for Monday were on hold. Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said officials and inspectors had not yet determined what caused the accident.
An eyewitness, Othello Smith, told the Providence Journal that the performers were doing an aerial act, spinning on ropes or cables, when they fell.