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Nearly two dozen children were injured after a stairwell collapsed Saturday night at an indoor gym in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood.
The incident occurred about 7:40 p.m. at Vault PK on Main Street near Sigsbee Street, next to a paintball facility, officials said. The gym specializes in parkour, a physically demanding sport that requires athletes to navigate military-style obstacle courses.
<snip> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sd-stairwell-collapse-20171111-story.html
Twenty-one children of various age and two adults, ages 72 and 46, were taken to hospitals with moderate to minor injuries. About three or four of the victims suffered spinal injuries when a 10-by-30-foot wooden platform came down on them, injuries that were considered slightly more serious, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Steve Wright. No one was trapped under the rubble, he said.
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A parent who did not provide his name said the stairwell collapsed after so many children were running up and down to get free pizza. Many parents were likely using a Groupon that had been offered for the evening’s open gym, he said.
<snipped> http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-paintball-collapse-20171111-story.html
BBM
It doesn't appear any of the injuries are life-threatening, thankfully, but spinal injuries--just awful!
The incident occurred about 7:40 p.m. at Vault PK on Main Street near Sigsbee Street, next to a paintball facility, officials said. The gym specializes in parkour, a physically demanding sport that requires athletes to navigate military-style obstacle courses.
<snip> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sd-stairwell-collapse-20171111-story.html
Twenty-one children of various age and two adults, ages 72 and 46, were taken to hospitals with moderate to minor injuries. About three or four of the victims suffered spinal injuries when a 10-by-30-foot wooden platform came down on them, injuries that were considered slightly more serious, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Steve Wright. No one was trapped under the rubble, he said.
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A parent who did not provide his name said the stairwell collapsed after so many children were running up and down to get free pizza. Many parents were likely using a Groupon that had been offered for the evening’s open gym, he said.
<snipped> http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-paintball-collapse-20171111-story.html
BBM
It doesn't appear any of the injuries are life-threatening, thankfully, but spinal injuries--just awful!
