Ten people were injured, including one critically, after a balcony collapsed and fell about 20 feet from a Cincinnati apartment building near the University of Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the 8-by-12-foot balcony collapsed Friday night. Fire department officials said it collapsed from the weight of too many people.
Investigators were tyring to determine how many people were on the balcony when it collapsed. The intitial call to fire dispatch said 20 people fell to the ground when the balcony gave way.
Some of the people injured were university students, authorities say. Many of them were celebrating the passing of an exam.
Residents described a large crowd partying in a small road earlier in the night. One neighbor guessed he saw about 40 to 50 people gathered on the street sometime before the collapse.
Empty cans of alcoholic seltzers and a cigarette carton littered the floor beside the fallen balcony.
The affected building is adjacent to the University of Cincinnati campus and is half a mile from the university's hospital, where the majority of those injured were hospitalized.
The university is trying to identify the students involved and is offering affected students counseling and housing assistance, according to a spokesperson.
