Roof collapse at house near Ohio State University injures 14

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A part of a home collapsed and 14 individuals had been injured close to The Ohio State College Saturday night when individuals climbed onto a roof that was not designed to carry vital weight, authorities stated.

Columbus Division of Hearth Battalion Chief Steve Martin stated his division acquired a report round 7:40 p.m. of a roof collapse on East thirteenth Avenue and arrived to search out the roof above a entrance porch had collapsed whereas the remainder of the house remained intact.

“The few those who had been trapped, I imagine, had been in all probability unpinned,” Martin stated. “It was like their leg was caught underneath among the construction and among the college students lifted that off the scholars. So everyone was form of out.”

First responders initially discovered 10 injured individuals and finally transported 14 accident victims to space hospitals with “numerous states of accidents” however all of them had been in secure situation, Martin stated.

“It seems the roof was overloaded with college students,” Martin stated, with estimates starting from 15 to 45 individuals on a rooftop “that was not designed to have anyone on it, and it gave means.”

The names of the house proprietor or occupants weren’t instantly accessible.

The house is just not on the property of The Ohio State College. The primary campus in Columbus has an enrolled scholar inhabitants of 61,677 for the 2022-2023 faculty 12 months, in accordance with the college’s web site.