During the opening pyrotechnics-infused number of Beyonce Knowles’s St. Louis concert on Sunday night, one of the fireworks fell into the first row of the audience, injuring two concertgoers. The victims were rushed to the hospital, and luckily their injuries were fairly minor, and they’re both expected to make a full recovery.

After the concert was over, Beyonce jetted to the ER at Barnes-Jewish Hospital to visit the injured. She spent about 45 minutes talking to the two people.

Soon after the concert, Knowles arrived at the hospital, said head nurse Darryl Williams. “She was just very concerned about the people injured in the audience,” Williams said. “It was unannounced and we kept it very low-key so that she could spend time with them.” Knowles, 25, met with the fans for about 45 minutes. “I just thought it was a great thing for someone of her stature to do,” Williams said.

[From USA Today]

I’m sure the visit was out of the goodness of her heart, and had nothing to do with avoiding negative publicity or a lawsuit or anything. It really did seem to turn the publicity around; all of the headlines are positive, like “Beyoncé visits two fans hurt by fireworks,” “Beyonce Visits Injured Fans In Hospital,” “Beyonce Treats Injured Fans to a Hospital Visit in St. Louis.” All make her sound so charitable for taking time out of her busy schedule. I’m sure it really was just to check on them. Somehow, considering a lot of the things written about Beyonce (ie Beyonce only looks out for Beyonce) I seriously doubt the visits were anything but a PR move.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Here is Beyonce at the release party for Kelly Rowland’s “Ms Kelly” Album. Proceeds from the event went to Lifebeat: The Music Industry Fights AIDS. Beyonce looks like a wax version of herself, but that’s nothing new. Thanks to SplashNews.