LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Nine people are in the hospital after officials say a deck packed with people collapsed Sunday.
Liberty County Fire Chief Brain Darby told WJCL people were gathering at a home on Cattle Hammock Road in Midway for a birthday party.
When the group posed for a photo, the deck collapsed, causing victims to fall an estimated 15 feet.
The identities of the victims have not been released.
Darby told WJCL that numerous individuals had to be taken to the hospital, including one who suffered a compound fracture.
The official cause of the collapse is still under investigation.