2 critical after balcony collapses in Southwest Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two people were injured Tuesday morning after a balcony collapsed in Southwest Philadelphia.

It happened just after 10 a.m. on the 4200 block of Chester Avenue.
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According to officials, the two men were critically injured when the third floor rear balcony of a fire escape gave way while they were on it.

Chopper 6 was over the scene as medics placed one of the injured into an ambulance.
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Officials said a 36-year-old man suffered head trauma and a 31-year-old man suffered trauma to the left side of his body.

Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition.
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