Lynnwood woman killed in ‘freak accident’ outside Utah music festival

A 23-year-old woman from Lynnwood died in Utah Saturday after being struck by scaffolding during a storm outside Redwest Music Festival.

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Ava Ahlander, a 23-year-old woman from Lynnwood, died over the weekend in what family members described as a freak accident involving construction debris during a thunderstorm in Salt Lake City.

Ahlander had flown to Utah a couple days earlier to attend Redwest Music Festival with friends. On Saturday, the group had gathered to see the artist Post Malone perform. But as a storm swept through the city, they decided to leave the concert grounds early.

“The weather was bad. It

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