Cirque du Soleil Worker Dies in 'Industrial Accident'

An employee with the Cirque du Soleil Luzia show died after being injured Tuesday night in what was termed an "industrial accident," San Francisco police say. Police responded to the area near AT&T Park after receiving a report of an accident near the show's tent, a police spokeswoman says. The employee died at a hospital. "It is with immense sadness that we report a fatal accident," Cirque du Soleil said in a statement. "One of our employees, a technician on the show, was struck by a lift and passed away from his injuries."

The company did not release the employee's name or provide any other details of the incident or how it occurred, the AP reports. Police say officers with the San Francisco Police Department Traffic Collision Investigation Unit and investigators with the state's workplace safety regulator, Cal/OSHA, are investigating. The Tuesday night show was canceled. (More Cirque du Soleil stories.)