METHUEN, Mass. (WHDH) – A deck collapsed at a home on Lantern Lane in Methuen on Sunday.
Fire officials say eight children and one adult were taken to the hospital. They suffered non-life threatening injuries.
A neighbor told 7News the family was sitting down at a table when the deck the suddenly collapsed.
The cause of the collapse remains under investigation, but fire officials say the old age of the deck may be the cause.
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