Woman dies after being struck by windblown debris after RedWest evacuation, family confirms
23-year-old Ava Ahlander was struck by a piece of scaffolding.
(Fox 13) Ava Ahlander, seen here in a photo shared on a GoFundMe set up to help the family.
A woman who attended the RedWest music festival Saturday in Salt Lake City and was badly injured while seeking shelter after the event was evacuated due to severe weather has died, according to her family.
Salt Lake City Police said the 23-year-old woman went to her car, parked near 1055 W. North Temple, to shelter from the storm. In a GoFundMe, the victim’s family identified her as Ava Ahlander.
At one point, Ahlander stepped out of her car, according to police. The wind then blew a 2″x12″ scaffolding board from a nearby apartment building under construction. The board fell from about 30 feet, hit Ahlander and her car, and paramedics responded to the scene around 5:15 p.m. She was taken to the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries, police said.
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