Friday, June 7, 2013

2012 Radiohead stage collapse: 13 charges filed

It's been almost a year since the fatal Radiohead stage collapse at Downsview Park in Toronto. Tragically the stage collapsed about an hour before gates opened on June 17, 2012, killing Radiohead drum tech Scott Johnson and injuring three others. The Ministry of Labour in Canada spent time investigating the cause of the collapse, and today they announced 13 charges have been filed: 8 against Live Nation Canada; 4 against Optex Staging; and 1 against an individual engineer. According to the Toronto Star the first court date related to the charges is scheduled for June 27th.

Global News video report from June 2012