BALCONY COLLAPSE IN S.F. INVESTIGATED.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. City building inspectors The following articles relate to the topic of building inspector:
More than a dozen people were on the wooden deck that fell three stories Saturday night, authorities said. Witnesses described hearing the wood crack followed by a loud rumble as the structure plunged to the ground. "I've never seen anything like it. There were bodies all over the place," said Mark Nicols, who was standing in a nearby garage when the structure collapsed. Mary Ellen Slane, 32, of San Rafael San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. was pronounced dead at the scene. At least 11 other people were taken to three area hospitals by paramedics. A 26-year-old San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden woman underwent surgery Sunday for major head injuries, and was recovering in San Francisco General Hospital's intensive care unit. "She's in very critical condition," said hospital spokeswoman Mariann Balin. Four others at San Francisco General were in stable condition recovering from a variety of fractured bones, Balin said. One of those, a 26-year-old woman, suffered facial and dental fractures Fractures Definition A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application of excessive force. Description and was in intensive care. |
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