Hays Post

A woman was injured Wednesday night after being struck by a metal bleacher at Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex.

At 6:37 p.m. Wednesday, Hays EMS and Fire were dispatched to the complex after a gust of wind flipped a bleacher into the air striking a spectator on the head.

She had been sitting on her lawn chair next to a two-level metal bleacher when the bleacher moved about 50 feet.

After losing consciousness, she was taken to Hays Medical Center and told officers she was all right but most likely sustained a concussion.

Ellis County Emergency Management Bill Ring said his office received reports of straight-line winds across the county.

Ring said just before 7 p.m. a wind gust of 40 mph were reported. Fifteen minutes before and after that wind gusts were around 15 mph.

Ring said he believes the winds in Ellis County were part of the same front that produced wind gusts responsible for blowing a train off the tracks west of Galva in McPherson County on Wednesday night.