A woman was tragically killed in Chicago yesterday when a piece of a gargoyle statue fell and struck her in the head.
CBS Chicago reports that 34-year-old Sarah Bean was returning from lunch with her fiancé in the city's South Loop when wind caused part of the statue to fall from the Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago. The mother of two was later pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
A city spokeswoman says the accident was caused by a "chain reaction":
A spokeswoman for the city’s Building Department says a chain reaction was to blame for the falling stone. A corner of one of the metal decorative pieces on the exterior of the building gave way, striking a gargoyle statue on the southeast corner of the steeple and causing a portion of it to fall. The church is more than 100 years old.
Bean and her fiancé, Lance Johnson, planned to wed this year.
[via CBS Chicago]
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