The bolt fell into Section 248 mere minutes before halftime, according to the Indianapolis Star, broken off during the roof-opening mechanism. Fans told the Indy Star that they heard a large pop before a bolt “the size of a half-roll of quarters” struck a wall, then fans. A woman was led away in a wheelchair as medical personnel attended to a head wound.
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The team issued a statement via Barney Levengood, who serves as executive director of the Capital Improvement Board of Managers — the government-sanctioned group tasked with financing and maintaining Indianapolis facilities.
The Bengals won the game 9-6.
“On-site medical personnel deemed all injuries to be non-life threatening. One female and one male were attended to by I.U. Health medical personnel and then transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. The third person was a male who was treated and released on site.”
