A balcony collapsed on Thursday in Brisbane, Queensland when 70 people were having a school party, injuring 26 women including one in critical condition.
The women, mostly mums celebrating their sons' Year 12 graduation from the Anglican Church Grammar School, were on the balcony of a renovated Queenslander-style home in Ascot when the balcony collapsed, according to a report of Australian Associated Press. Their children, however, were on a fun day outing in Gold Coast and learned the accident by text message.
A Department of Emergency Services spokeswoman said 26 patients were treated and transported to six hospitals by Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics after the incident.
School principal Jonathan Hensman said the scene was a "mass of bodies laying amongst smashed glass".
"It's a very tragic event to happen on a day we were meant to be celebrating," AAP quoted him as saying.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, where six patients were admitted, said the woman with life-threatening injuries had undergone surgery and remained in a critical condition.
The remaining five patients were in a stable condition with orthopaedic injuries including fractured pelvis, ankle and suspected spinal fractures. Some would require operations in the coming days, the spokeswoman said.
Source: Xinhua
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