Young Spectator Killed at ‘Monster Truck’ Event
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BLACKFOOT, Idaho — A big-wheeled truck hit a fence and overturned during a “monster truck” show, killing a teenager on the sidelines.
About 2,000 people were watching when the pickup mounted on 68-inch tires raced into the arena at the Eastern Idaho State Fairgrounds on Friday.
After bounding into the air over two mounds of dirt, the truck crashed into a fence and overturned. Several young motorcyclists were behind the fence, and the truck struck three of them, pinning one to the ground.
Riley Jo Monroe, 14, was pronounced dead at Bingham Memorial Hospital. The other youths were taken there for treatment of unspecified injuries.
The truck driver was in stable condition Saturday at Bannock Regional Medical Center in Pocatello, officials said.
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