2 Children Injured After Falling Through Auditorium Catwalk At Md. Middle School
LINTHICUM, Md. (WJZ) -- Two students have been injured after one girl fell through a catwalk in the auditorium of an Anne Arundel County middle school and landed on another girl.
Anne Arundel County fire officials say the incident happened around 3:15 p.m. on Thursday when a 12-year-old girl fell 35 feet through a drop ceiling in the Lindale Middle School auditorium and landed on another 12-year-old girl.
The student who fell was taken via helicopter to Johns Hopkins Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to fire officials.
The student who the other girl fell on top of was also taken by ambulance to Hopkins with possibly serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Fire officials say the students, who are both seventh-graders, are in the drama club and were rehearsing.
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