1 dead, several injured in tent collapse in suburban Chicago

One person died and 15 others were transported to local hospitals after strong winds toppled a tent at the Wood Dale Prairie Fest in Wood Dale, Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reported.

A microburst caused a sports dome to collapse in northwest suburban Rosemont as severe storms tore though the Chicago area Sunday afternoon, officials said.

A 35-year-old man has been named as the person killed when a tent collapsed during a brief storm at a suburban Chicago festival. The remainder of the festival’s final day was cancelled, he said. At least three people were seriously injured, the report added.

Photos of the scene showed police and fire officials holding up a sheet over the body.

The tent collapsed at the Wood Dale Prairie Fest near Wood Dale Junior High during a thunderstorm Sunday afternoon.

Tracy Anderson told the Chicago Tribune that her husband saw the tent blow up in the air and land on several people. Rescuers cut holes into the canvas to get people out.

Parts of the Chicago area were hit by a brief, intense summer storm that brought high winds and left tree branches strewn on major roads, traffic lights out and snarled traffic.

In Chicago’s Grant Park, the site of President Obama’s 2008 election night victory speech, the Lollapalooza music festival was evacuated around 3 p.m., as storm clouds moved in from the west. The evacuation pushed thousands of festivalgoers onto downtown streets, where police and festival staff directed them to shelters in garages around the park, the Tribune reported.