During Thursday night’s preseason game featuring the Cincinnati Bengals visiting the Indianapolis Colts, three people were injured when a bolt fell from the roof of Lucas Oil Stadium.
“A bolt from the fixed structure sheared and dropped into seating section 248,” a stadium official said in a statement, via the Associated Press. “The movement of the roof was stopped immediately and stadium authorities were notified.”
According to the report, the injuries weren’t “life threatening” and are considered “minor.” However, when you consider a hospital visit was needed for two of the three injured fans, perhaps we’re talking about more than just a minor scrape.
Lucas Oil Stadium is just seven years old, having opened up in August of 2008. Bolts shouldn’t be falling from the roof, so you have to imagine there will be some serious examinations happening this morning, and perhaps throughout the week. Let’s just hope this wasn’t a sign of some more serious problems occurring in the state-of-the-art facility.
The next NFL contest to be held at the stadium isn’t for a few more weeks. The Colts start out the 2015 NFL season on the road in Buffalo and will return to face the New York Jets on Sept. 21.