Restaurant Deck Collapse in Tennessee Injures 11 May 5, 2021
Eleven people were injured when a deck collapsed during a birthday party at a Tennessee restaurant, authorities said.
About 40 people were on the deck at Zois Harbor Lights Restaurant in Soddy-Daisy on Saturday and fell when it collapsed, news outlets reported, citing the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management. Eleven people were taken to hospitals, including two with critical injuries.
“They all congregated outside on the deck to take a group photo. So when somebody went down to get ready to take the picture, the deck caved in, in the center, and gave in. So then everybody fell to the rocks below,” said emergency management spokeswoman Amy Maxwell.
Tennessee Deck Collapses, at Least 11 Injured
A deck collapsed at a restaurant in Tennessee on Saturday, resulting in at least 11 people being hospitalized, officials said. Two people were critically injured.
Amy Maxwell, with Hamilton County Emergency Management, told News Channel 9 that when people began taking a group photo for a birthday party, the deck collapsed. They were at the Zois Restaurant in Soddy-Daisy.
Dallas Bay Fire Department Chief Markus Fritts added to the outlet that more than 40 people were on the deck when it gave out.
Sondra Teligades, one woman who was injured, told the outlet that she was treated a concussion and rib contusions at Erlanger Hospital.
A birthday party turned into a horror show Saturday as the roof deck of a Tennessee restaurant collapsed during a family photo under the weight of 40 people, injuring 11, two critically.
A birthday party turned into a horror show Saturday as the roof deck of a Tennessee restaurant collapsed during a family photo under the weight of 40 people, injuring 11, two critically.
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