Ten people were injured, including one critically, after a balcony fell from a Corryville apartment building late on Oct. 17, according to Cincinnati fire officials.
Agencies were dispatched shortly after 10 p.m. to the 200 block of Stetson Street near the University of Cincinnati. When they arrived, fire personnel located an 8-by-12-foot balcony that had collapsed from the weight of too many people, falling about 20 feet on the pavement below.
Cincinnati fire transported 10 people to the hospital, including one that was left in critical condition, officials said. The other nine sustained non-life-threatening injuires. Other victims may have also self-transported to area hospitals, officals added.
Many of the people were students celebrating the passing of an exam, Enquirer media partner Fox19 reported.
Cincinnati police have since secured the scene.
Hamilton County’s Division of Buildings and Inspections has been notified, as well as the the University of Cincinnati which is helping with any displaced students. Grief counseling through the university is available if needed, fire officials said.
An Enquirer reporter at the scene said several young men were seen holding their heads in their hands outside the apartment in the aftermath of the incident.
An American Spirit cigarette carton and empty cans of alcoholic seltzers littered the floor beside the fallen balcony.
A bit further from the wreckage was a leather purse, jacket and a small pair of brown heeled boots that laid neatly next to a broken and bloody plastic chair.
Enquirer media partner Fox19 contributed to this report.
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