BILLINGS, Mont. — More than 30 individuals have been injured when a deck collapsed at a rustic membership overlooking Montana’s largest metropolis, police stated Sunday.

The second-story patio flooring of Billings’ Briarwood Country Club broke and gave means Saturday night. The collapse brought about head wounds, damaged ribs and different accidents as individuals landed atop one another and particles and scraps of meals scattered over the grass subsequent to the membership’s golf course.

The police assertion stated there have been no fatalities though “multiple individuals” had accidents. The reason behind the collapse has but to be decided.

At least 25 individuals have been taken to native hospitals, eight have been handled on web site and extra visitors could have left injured, Billings Police Lt. Matt Lennick stated within the assertion.

The Billings Gazette reported {that a} visitor with bruised ribs who landed on a lady estimated that a minimum of 40 individuals have been on the deck on the time it gave means.

Dr. Clint Seger, CEO of the Billings Clinic, stated in an announcement that the hospital initially obtained six sufferers with others anticipated. Another Billings Clinic official individually stated 11 victims have been admitted, the Gazette added.

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“We have multiple trauma surgeons, ER physicians and the ER team along with critical care staff on site receiving patients,” Seger stated.

The Briarwood web site says the membership opened in 1984 and provides golf, eating and swimming.

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