Danielle Uskiwich, St. Charles school secretary dies days after being hospitalized after suffering a head injury at Pointfest, Missouri rock festival. Tragedy was precipitated by an (unknown) underlying health condition as woman who was set to marry donates organs.
A Missouri school secretary died from injuries she sustained when she was kicked in the head by a crowd surfer at a rock festival earlier this month.
Danielle Uskiwich, 28, died on Tuesday, 10 days after another concertgoer accidentally struck her in the head while attending a performance by rock group, Sleep Theory at Pointfest in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on May 16, her family said according to FirstAlert4.
‘It is with absolutely shattered hearts that we share that our beautiful Danielle passed away on May 26th at 1:54 PM,’ her cousins wrote on GoFundMe Wednesday.
Missouri concertgoer had thoght nothing of initial injury
Uskiwich, an attendance secretary at St. Charles High School, 6 miles north of the concert venue, had initially thought nothing of the injury until she was hospitalized with a severe headache three days after the concert.
Doctors discovered a brain bleed had developed, which they suspect was caused by the rock goer’s kick.
Uskiwich suffered two strokes and underwent emergency surgery during her week-long hospitalization, when doctors removed six pints of blood and several blood clots.
Uskiwich’s family revealed that an unidentified ‘underlying condition’ was discovered during the surgery that could have gone unnoticed if it weren’t for the brain bleed.
Uskiwich was placed into a medically induced coma to reduce swelling to the brain while the rest of her body recovered after the May 22 procedure.
St. Charles school secretary donates organs
Uskiwich made one last heroic gesture before her death by donating her organs her family stated.
‘Even through unimaginable grief, Danielle’s immediate family made the incredibly selfless decision to honor her giving spirit through organ donation so that others may have a second chance at life,’ the grieving relatives wrote.
Uskiwich was honored with a ‘beautiful honor walk’ through the hospital, surrounded by family, friends and hospital staff on Tuesday afternoon, before she was transported to St. Louis’ Mid-America Transplant for the organ donation, according to her family.
Missouri concertgoer was bride-to-be
Uskiwich had celebrated her engagement to her fiancé, Jason, in August 2025, and the couple had planned to get married in April according to the nypost.
‘We have a long road ahead of us, but we’re going to get there! There’s no one tougher in the would to get through this,’ Jason wrote on May 23. ‘I love you so many!! You have 11 months to get ready for the aisle, baybos!’
Before joining the high school as an attendance secretary, Uskiwich worked at Hardin Middle School. The school posted on Facebook to honor her life.
‘In the time Dani was at Hardin, she dedicated herself to forming relationships with students, parents, and staff,’ the school said. ‘She was a kind face who greeted our visitors and worked with students on their attendance.’
Pointfest is the annual music festival hosted by local alternative rock radio station 105.1 ‘The Point’ held at the 20,000-seat Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, 22 miles from downtown St. Louis.
The venue holds 7,000 seats in partially covered general admission with an additional capacity for 13,000 in lawn seating.
