Texas

Woman dies from injuries in fair bleacher collapse

JEFF B. FLINN Managing Editor
09/07/2024 05:00 AM

79-year-old Vera Smith, critically injured in the Aug. 31 bleacher collapse at the Kendall County Fairground, has died, the Kendall County Emergency Management Office confirmed Friday.

Smith, mother of Kendall County Fair Association Secretary Patti Smith-McCreless, was seated atop the bleachers last Saturday in a Kendall County Fair Association VIP section, where tables and stools were arranged on level surface in a seating area reserved for fair association members and guests.

When the steel structure supporting the bleachers collapsed, Smith and 11 others were injured as they plummeted to the ground below.

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