Authorities: Man jumps to death onto stage at Swell Season concert in Northern California
By APFriday, August 20, 2010
Man jumps to death onto stage at Calif. concert
SARATOGA, Calif. — Authorities say a man jumped to his death onto the stage of a Northern California concert in front of hundreds of horrified music fans.
The band, The Swell Season, was playing an outdoor show in Saratoga Thursday night when the jump happened.
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Rick Sung says the man left a friend in the audience around 10 p.m. and soon appeared on a roof that covers the stage. Witnesses say he jumped off the roof and landed on stage near the band’s lead singer, Glen Hansard.
The jumper was pronounced dead by a doctor who spent an hour trying to revive him.
The band, which includes Hansard and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova — the stars of the film “Once” — extended its sympathies on their Web site Friday.
Online:
www.theswellseason.com/
