Ten people were injured when a Lego display collapsed into a crowd in an arcade Massachusettssaid the police.
Peabody officials he said the incident occurred on Tuesday at the In Ludus family fun center when “the display was pulled down by attached fish, causing it to fall.”
All 10 individuals sustained minor injuries, they said, and eight people were taken to hospital for treatment. It was not immediately clear if any of the people who were injured were children.
I see sent on the company’s social media in the afternoon of the New Year’s Eve celebration showed balloons inside a network of large Lego structures.
The display fell when a worker tried to drop a balloon into the arcade, knocking over the structure, which fell about 12ft onto the crowd below, fire officials said. he said NBC10 Boston.
A witness who said he watched the balloon drop with his family described the scene as “pure chaos” after the incident, according to WBZ-TV. announced.
“Great” I read parts were everywhere, kids were crying, tons of people were all in the office, some with ice packs on their heads and people allowing their children to steal Lego pieces like toys, the outlet said.
The arcade was briefly closed but was allowed to reopen shortly after, as the Boston Globe owned “no structure”. announced.
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He said the company is working with the authorities as things are assessed.