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Seventh Death in Ind. Stage Collapse [UPDATED]

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Cheerleading coach, 24, succumbs to injuries.

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A seventh person died on Sunday from injuries sustained during the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair last weekend. Meagan Toothman, 24, was the cheerleading coach of a high school in Cincinnati; she succumbed to unnamed injuries from the crash. The platform toppled due to heavy winds as crowds were gathering for a performance by the country act Sugarland. [UPDATE: The Associated Press has retracted this story; Toothman is still on life support, and a surgery to donate her organs is scheduled for Monday.]

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