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4 injured after DeKalb apartment deck collapses

By Ellen Eldridge
May 15, 2016

Four people are recovering Sunday morning after the second floor patio of an apartment collapsed in DeKalb County.

The accident happened during a party at The Landmark at Banyan Bay apartments on Meadowglen Village Lane, according to Channel 2 Action News.

Rescuers treated four people at the scene and took four others to the hospital.

No additional details were released.

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