SALT LAKE CITY — A woman who was critically injured by flying debris over the weekend while trying to escape a storm that disrupted Redwest Music Festival has died.

Ava Ahlander was near a car with three friends, which was parked near a construction site, when she was struck by a large plank from scaffolding that also fell onto her car, Willis said. She was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

The plank hit her while all four were outside the vehicle in what appears to have been a “freak accident,” Bobby Ahlander said. He said she had to be revived afterward, but doctors ultimately determined that she had lost brain activity. Her family said she was kept on life support long enough for her family to say goodbye.

“Even in her passing, Ava continues to give the gift of

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