--- description: A woman died after she was run over by a bus at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada early Thursday, festival organizers said. title: Woman Dies at Burning Man After Being Hit by Bus image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4911488b5f8e2106/6986a14035ba6f5e78c03959/burning-man1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [States](/tag/states/) ## States Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Woman Dies at Burning Man After Being Hit by Bus  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 2:02 PM CUT  This is a DigitalGlobe satellite image "overview" of the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City Nevada. This is a DigitalGlobe satellite image "overview" of the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City Nevada.DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d—DigitalGlobe/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 2:02 PM CUT A woman died at Nevada’s Burning Man Festival after [she was run over by a bus](http://blog.burningman.com/2014/08/uncategorized/fatal-accident-occurs-at-burning-man-event-2/ "undefined") early Thursday, event organizers said. According to a statement posted to a website affiliated with the festival, local officials say the woman is believed to have died after falling under a bus carrying festival participants. The woman has not been identified, and the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. “This is a terrible accident,” Burning Man co-founder Marian Goodell said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and campmates. Black Rock Rangers and Emergency Services Department staff are providing support to those affected.” Some 60,000 people are converging on the Nevada desert this week for the annual arts and culture festival. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3206257/burning-man-woman-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3206257/burning-man-woman-dies/"},"headline":"Woman Dies at Burning Man After Being Hit by Bus","datePublished":"2014-08-28T14:02:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:54:28.999Z","description":"Some 60,000 people are in the Nevada desert for the festival.","url":"https://time.com/3206257/burning-man-woman-dies/","keywords":["States","tragedy","Festival","Nevada","Burning Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4911488b5f8e2106/6986a14035ba6f5e78c03959/burning-man1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4911488b5f8e2106/6986a14035ba6f5e78c03959/burning-man1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"This is a DigitalGlobe satellite image \"overview\" of the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City Nevada.","caption":"This is a DigitalGlobe satellite image \"overview\" of the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City Nevada.","creditText":"DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d—DigitalGlobe/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3206257/burning-man-woman-dies/","name":"Woman Dies at Burning Man After Being Hit by Bus"}}]}] ```