A worker was crushed to death by a tour bus at wolf trap on Thursday after a supporting apparatus failed while he was working under it. U.S. Park Police were called to 1551 Trap Road in Vienna around 5 p.m., and the worker was pronounced dead on the scene.
Wolf Trap National Park
Wolf Trap said, "There was an accident involving a member of the community at Wolf Trap National Park," and later added, "Out of respect, tonight's show has been canceled." That cancellation hit the evening schedule immediately, with a Wolf Trap show already set for Thursday night.
Squeeze at 7:30 p.m.
Squeeze was scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday before the show was pulled. The sequence matters for anyone heading there: the fatal accident came first, then the cancellation followed, leaving the venue dark for the night instead of absorbing a late change on site.
Trap Road in Vienna
The most pressing unanswered point is how the supporting apparatus failed and caused the bus to collapse on top of the worker. For the moment, the facts stop at the parking lot, the time, and the fatal result; that leaves the mechanism of the accident, not the cancellation, as the part that still needs explaining.
