MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop A Headquarters, P.O. Box 158, Lee's Summit, MO 64063


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. D. Shane Green
660-530-5516
A810SF1
August 16, 2010

EMPHASIS: Incident At Missouri State Fair

At approximately 8:45 p.m, on August 13, 2010, the Wade Entertainment hospitality tent, located near the midway portion of the Missouri State Fair Grounds in Sedalia, Missouri, collapsed during a brief wind storm. When the tent collapsed, heavy wooden tent poles fell and three individuals who were inside were injured. Lena K. Ishmael, 37, of Gallatin, Missouri; Trenton L. Ishmael, 9, of Gallatin, Missouri; and Carey Hall, 26, of Kansas City, Missouri, were transported by ambulance to Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia with head and neck injuries. (Lena Ishmael and Carey Hall were treated and released.) Trenton Ishmael, son of Lena Ishmael, was then transported to Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri, and was later released.

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