Children hurt as circus elephant hits stairway
Twelve children and an adult were injured when an elephant knocked over a portable stairway at a circus show.
Indianapolis Fire Department spokeswoman Rita Reith said none of the injured needed to go to a hospital after the incident at the Murat Shrine Circus at Indiana State Fairgrounds yesterday.
Ms Reith said the elephant was giving rides to children when it bumped the stairway where adults and other children were standing.
She said most of the injuries were bumps and scrapes although one adult fell from the top of the stairway and injured an arm.
The circus continued as scheduled.
