5 Circus Sarasota performers injured in fall from tightrope in St. Petersburg, Florida

Modified Date: 
Sat, 12/02/2017 - 4:35pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Tumble From Tightrope Injures 5, Including Wallendas

Sarasota Fire-Rescue spokesman Drew Winchester said the group fell 30 or more feet, and four of the injured suffered trauma. Three were brought to one hospital and the other two, to other hospitals.

All three brought to Sarasota Memorial Hospital are expected to survive, said Dr. Alan Brockhurst, the trauma medical director.

“One of them currently is in operating room; two, in the ICU,” he said Wednesday afternoon.

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