"It just hit her in the head... in the neck. It was hard. It was fast," her uncle Bobby Ahlander told KUTV. "The doctors said after they were able to get her stable and do a CT scan that it basically crushed her brain stem."
""Ava was an absolute delight of a human being. Everyone loved her," the family said in a statement to FOX 13. "She was an avid concert goer and had flown in from Seattle to go see Post Malone with her friends."
""Ava was a beautiful soul whose kindness, warmth, and adventurous spirit touched everyone around her," they added in the description. "Even in her passing, Ava continues to give the gift of life to others as an organ donor - a final act of generosity that truly reflects her caring nature and desire to help those in need."
Ava Ahlander, 23, sustained fatal injuries during a severe-weather evacuation at the REDWEST music festival in Salt Lake City. Tens of thousands were notified via the festival app to seek shelter; Ahlander went to her car to ride out the storm and stepped out of the vehicle, where a 2x12-inch scaffolding board from a nearby construction site struck her. Paramedics transported her to a hospital with life-threatening injuries; CT imaging indicated catastrophic damage to the brain stem and she later died. A GoFundMe was launched for memorial, burial, medical, and counseling expenses, with excess funds to be donated to charity. Ahlander was an organ donor. Post Malone has not issued a public statement.
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