{"id":1981013,"date":"2023-07-23T22:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-30-injured-after-structural-failure-at-montana-golf-tournament\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T22:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:14:11","slug":"over-30-injured-after-structural-failure-at-montana-golf-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-30-injured-after-structural-failure-at-montana-golf-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 30 hurt in Montana golf event due to structural collapse."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-30-injured-after-structural-failure-at-montana-golf-tournament%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Over 30 Injured After \u200cStructural \u2063Failure at Montana \u200bGolf Tournament<\/h2>\n<p>More \u200cthan 30\u2062 people were injured when a deck\u200b collapsed at\u2062 a Montana country \u200cclub during a weekend \u2064golf \u200ctournament, police and \u200bcity officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The second-story patio floor of Billings\u2019 Briarwood Country Club\u200c broke and gave way Saturday evening. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-30-injured-after-structural-failure-at-montana-golf-tournament\/\" title=\"Over 30 hurt in Montana golf event due to structural collapse.\">collapse caused head wounds<\/a>, broken ribs, and other injuries as \u200dpeople landed atop each other and debris\u2064 and scraps of food scattered over \u200dthe grass next to the club\u2019s golf course.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Hill, a spokeswoman for the city of Billings, said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-people-injured-after-building-collapses-in-nw-d-c\/\" title=\"5 people injured after building collapses in NW D.C.\">collapse occurred<\/a> during\u200c a \u2064popular local golf tournament for which about 250 participants were \u200cregistered.<\/p>\n<p>The police statement said there were no fatalities, although \u201cmultiple individuals\u201d had injuries. The cause of the collapse\u2063 has yet to \u2062be determined.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Deck collapse at The Briarwood golf and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-15-most-anticipated-albums-of-2021\/\" title=\"The 15 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021\u00a0\">country club<\/a> in Billings injures 25:\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/43e6dX4A88\">https:\/\/t.co\/43e6dX4A88<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lC2TLWMMpL\">pic.twitter.com\/lC2TLWMMpL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KTVQ \u2013 Q2\u2063 News (@KTVQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTVQ\/status\/1683172556507955200?\">July \u206223, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At \u200cleast 25 people \u200cwere taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurse-contracts-covid-a-week-after-getting-vaccine-and-hes-not-the-only-one\/\" title=\"Nurse Contracts Covid A Week After Getting Vaccine. And He\u2019s Not The Only One\">local hospitals<\/a>, eight\u200c were treated on site, and\u2062 additional guests may\u200d have left \u200dinjured, Billings Police\u2063 Lt. \u2063Matt Lennick said in the \u2063statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zagel, a Briarwood patron who fell\u2063 through the\u200d deck, wrote on Facebook \u200bthat there were \u2062between 30 and 40 people on the\u2064 patio when a section\u2064 collapsed about 12 or 13 feet, without anyone directly below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am fine though the\u2064 ribs on my right side are pretty bruised and have a couple of other minor bumps. Nothing broken, no head injuries \u2026 There were \u2062multiple \u2063other more significant injuries \u2014 mostly broken bones,\u201d he\u200b said. \u201cI landed on someone directly and had to\u2062 be helped off her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zagel did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>At least 29 people were admitted to St. Vincent Healthcare\u2019s Emergency Department, and\u200d three people\u200b remained hospitalized as of Sunday afternoon, spokeswoman Angela Babcock said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. \u200bClint Seger, the CEO of the Billings Clinic, said in a\u200c statement that the hospital initially received six patients, with others expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have multiple trauma surgeons, ER physicians, and the ER team along with critical care staff\u200d on site receiving patients,\u201d Seger \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p>The Briarwood is a\u2062 nearly 40-year-old country club in an upscale part of Billings that offers\u2062 golf, dining, and swimming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed\u2064 this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior \u200dto publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-30-injured-structural-failure-montana-golf-tournament\/\">Over 30\u2064 Injured After Structural Failure at Montana Golf Tournament<\/a> appeared \u200cfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 30 injured as a deck collapsed at a Montana country club during a golf tournament. 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