4 people hurt when condo balcony collapses on top of car

Article Courtesy of The Sun Sentinel

By Doug Plillips

Published December 28, 2018

 

Four people were hurt and a car was crushed when a second floor balcony fell from a Miami Beach condominium.
 

It happened about 10 a.m. Sunday at a two-story building along the 8400 block of Harding Avenue, according to Miami Beach Fire Department officials.

No one was inside the Chevrolet Cavalier that had a flattened roof from the balcony collapse, but witnesses told reporters that one of the four people hurt was a woman whose leg became trapped after she fell.

“The lady was stuck in the balcony under the car, her leg was stuck there. It took 20 minutes to get her out of there,” witness Carlos Borelli told WSVN-Ch. 7.

Another woman and two men were also hurt in the collapse and taken to area hospitals.

All four people, described as in their 40s to 50s, were on the balcony when it fell, rescue officials told WPLG-Ch. 10

Inspectors from the Miami Beach Building Department have declared the unit holding the balcony unsafe, the station reported.

The two people who own the car that was crushed told WSVN they had recently moved to South Florida from New Jersey and the vehicle was their primary means of transportation to their new jobs.  

Four people were hurt Sunday morning, Dec. 23, 2018 when they were standing on a balcony that collapsed from the second story of a Miami Beach condominium. No one was inside the car at the time.


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