Vic: Seven hurt in balcony collapse

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2007
Vic: Seven hurt in balcony collapse

Seven people have been injured .. three seriously .. after a balcony collapsed at a
house in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne.

The ambulance service says paramedics went to the two-storey property in Mount Dandenong
shortly before 2pm (AEDT) .. after reports that up to 20 people were on the first floor
balcony when it collapsed.

A woman in her 30s has been taken to hospital with a fractured arm .. while a man in
his 20s is also being treated for arm injuries.

Another man in his 50s is in hospital with leg and shoulder injuries.

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KEYWORD: BALCONY VIC (MELBOURNE)

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