A deck collapsed beneath a group in Georgia, causing them to fall, officials said. - DREAMSTIME/TNS
A second-story deck collapsed as birthday party guests gathered on it to take a group photo, a witness told a Georgia news outlet. Nine people were injured after the deck gave way on Sunday, May 28, Liberty County Fire Services told WSAV. First responders were called at about 7 p.m. ET to a home in Midway. A photo that news outlets posted online show the parts of the deck that once stood 14 to 16 feet in the air touched the ground after the collapse. Paul Barnett told WJCL it happened as he and others were celebrating his cousin’s 70th birthday. “There was about 12, 15 of us on the deck taking...
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