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Deanese Williams-Harris and Laura Rodríguez Presa

Officials report 50-year-old man dead, 40 people injured in roof collapse at Illinois metal concert

CHICAGO — Belvidere city officials said at a news conference Saturday morning a 50-year-old man died and about 40 people were injured in a roof collapse Friday night at a metal concert.

Two of the injured were in a “life-threatening” condition, according to Dan Zaccard, director of Boone County emergency management agency. The name of the dead man was not released.

The Belvidere Fire Department along with several surrounding first responders flooded the scene of the Apollo Theatre, 104 N. State St., following a call of a collapse.

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