Cirque du Soleil worker dies in accident

An employee of Cirque du Soleil has died in San Francisco from what police have called an industrial accident.

San Francisco police say an employee of Cirque du Soleil has died from his injuries in what was termed an "industrial accident."

Officer Grace Gatpandan says officers responded after receiving a report of an "industrial accident" at the Cirque du Soleil Luzia show.

The employee died at a hospital. No other details about the incident were immediately available.

It comes after Queensland trapeze artist Lisa Skinner fell five metres from a hoop during a performance of Cirque du Soleil's Kooza show in Sydney on November 28.

Skinner was hospitalised after the accident but was expected to make a full recovery.


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