DETROIT – Two women from Taylor witnessed the stage collapse that killed five people and injured at least 40 others at the Indiana State Fair this past weekend.
Tiffany Kroll and Susan Napiantek said they traveled from Taylor to Indianapolis to see the band Sugarland at the state fair.
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Right before Sugarland took to the stage, it collapsed.
"All of the sudden this big gush of wind came and it got really cold," said Kroll. "That's when Susan grabbed me and said, "We're getting out of here now.'"
Napiantek said she and Kroll ran for their lives when the stage came crashing down on the crowd in front of it.
"There was a point where I was hanging on to her because she was tangled in the barricade," Kroll said. "We both kind of looked at each other, closed our eyes. We thought we were getting hit."
Napiantek said she feels fortunate to walk away with just a bruise and some scratches.
"There are five other families grieving right now and that's what I think about," she said. "Don't think about me. Think about the rest of the people who lost their lives."
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