Indiana stage collapse victims get $6M more in aid

Published December 20, 2012 9:34pm ET



INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana attorney general’s office sent out $6 million in checks Thursday to 59 victims of 2011’s deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse.

The payments bring to $11 million the amount the state has paid to stage collapse victims. It had already paid $5 million, the limit for tort claims under Indiana law. The supplemental payments were approved by the General Assembly earlier this year.

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