High-Wire Acrobats Injured at Rhode Island Ringling Bros. Circus
9 injured in high wire accident at Barnum & Bailey Circus
9 performers in critical condition after fall during circus act
Nine female performers were injured in an accident during an aerial act in Sunday morning’s performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The police said at a news conference around 1:30 p.m. Sunday that the performers were hospitalized in critical condition, but did not have life-threatening injuries. Providence Journal video courtesy of Jose Viveiros
