A festivalgoer was killed exterior a preferred nation music competition in Utah when she was struck by a chunk of falling particles from a close-by development web site whereas fleeing from the extraordinary climate.
Ava Ahlander was exterior Redwest Music Competition on the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake Metropolis when highly effective gusts of wind ripped a big plank from a scaffold and despatched it flying in the direction of her, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The 23-year-old was evacuating the fairgrounds with different attendees and three pals to seek out shelter from the excessive winds when the large plank fell about 30 ft as she and her pals stepped out of her automotive — crushing her and her automobile.
She was rushed to the hospital with important, life-threatening accidents, police stated.
The younger nation music fan died from her accidents, a household consultant instructed KSL on Monday.
Ahlander, who grew up in American Fork and had been residing in Seattle, returned to the Beehive State with pals to benefit from the music competition and see Publish Malone, her uncle, Bobby Ahlander wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook submit.
“She simply at all times cherished having enjoyable. It was actually enjoyable to be round her,” he instructed KSL.
“Truthfully, it's been excruciating. The grief and the sorrow, and naturally, it's such an enormous shock; and it's simply such an enormous loss.”
Her uncle stated, as his niece and her pals stood exterior the automobile, the plank hit her in what he known as a “freak accident.”
Although first responders managed to revive her on the scene, medical doctors later discovered she had no mind exercise, he revealed.
Her household stated she was stored on life help simply lengthy sufficient for them to say their goodbyes.
“Ava was a fantastic soul whose kindness, heat, and adventurous spirit touched everybody round her,” members of the family wrote on a GoFundMe to assist them with funeral and medical bills, and to supply funds for her pals who witnessed the tragedy to attend grief counseling.
“Even in her passing, Ava continues to offer the reward of life to others as an organ donor—a closing act of generosity that actually displays her caring nature and want to assist these in want.”
Ahlander's love for music was matched solely by her love for the outside, the ocean, and her life within the Pacific Northwest, her uncle Bobby revealed to KSL.
After graduating from American Fork Excessive Faculty, she headed to Oregon for school earlier than settling in Seattle, the place she'd fallen in love together with her new environment.
“Ava was an absolute delight of a human being. Everybody cherished her. She had the perfect smile,” her uncle wrote on Fb.
