Indianapolis 500 Scaffold Collapse, 1960

On the 30th of May, 1960, a makeshift viewing platform collapsed just before the 44th Indy 500 began.

Sources

An Engineer Aspect
https://anengineersaspect.blogspot.com/2012/07/grandstand-collapse-at-1960.html

Vault
https://vault.si.com/vault/1960/06/06/a-practically-perfect-race-at-indy

Indy Motorsport Speedway
https://www.indymotorspeedway.com/scaffold.html

History Comes To Life (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn7UUddZyVg

Talk Of Gasoline Alley
https://doctorindy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/01_mon_5-22-00.mp3

Music

Lightless Dawn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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