"Mass triage" after collapse at Tallahassee apt. complex
@MicahGrimes, Editor
UPDATE: 30-35 people injured: http://on.tdo.com/OT3Pni
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A "major triage situation" was undertake at an apartment complex in Tallahassee, the Tallahassee Fire Department tells TheBayline.com early Sunday morning.
According to witness reports, a level collapsed at the Seminole Grand apartment complex during some type of event, with dozens of people attending; one person tweeted an apparent digital flier for a "penthouse party" that was supposedly being held at the time of the collapse.
WCTV journalist Alex Yoder reported that a Tallahassee Police Dept. spokeswoman said the "roof came in on the Seminole Grand's clubhouse."
@CartelJ_ tweeted he was in the complex when the floor collapsed and tweeted 2 pictures of himself with a bloody nose and a large welt on his forehead. He tweeted that he made it out and was headed to a hospital.
It is not known how many people may have been injured or how severely they may have been injured, but two city buses were brought in to help transport "walking wounded."
The Tallahassee Police and Fire Dept. had no additional information.
