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Stagecoach Tips at State Fair, 5 Hurt

Five people, including State Fair Queen Erika Burghardt of Tippecanoe County, were taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis Sunday after the stagecoach they were riding tipped on its side while taking a turn during pre-event entertainment before Sunday's 8-horse hitch competition. The Indiana State Fair says the driver of coach has more than twenty years of statecoach driving experience and kept his team of six horses under control after the coach tipped.  He was examined by medical team on site and was unhurt, officials say.

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