PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor during a circus performance in Rhode Island in 2014 have reached a $52.5 ...

Acrobat Samantha Pitard performs a heel hang from the lyra (aerial hoop) during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Legends pre-show (right). She was a part of the stunt that collapsed mid-show on ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured ...

Samantha Pitard, left, poses for a family photo with Andrey Medeiros. Pitard was one of eight acrobats performing a hair-hanging stunt on Sunday, during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus ...

One of the circus performers injured in Sunday's accident in Providence spoke out for the first time Wednesday.Samantha Pitard was one of eight women who plunged to the ground while performing a ...