Fire officials confirmed that 10 people were hurt when a Lego display fell onto attendees at a family-oriented New Year’s Eve event at a Peabody, Massachusetts, arcade on Tuesday.
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ANewYear’sEvecelebrationwascutshortforfamiliesafteraLegodisplayholdingballoonsforadropcollapsedintoacrowdedMassachusettsarcade.
ThePeabodyPoliceDepartmentconfirmedinapostonFacebookthatmultiplepeoplewereinjuredwhenaplasticLegodisplayfellfromamezzaninelevelattheIntheGamearcadeinPeabody.
Accordingtothearcade’sFacebookpage,theywerehostinga“NoonYear’sEvecelebration”onTuesdayafternoon.
PeabodyFireChiefJohnDowlingtoldFoxNewsDigitalthattheyreceivedacallaboutapartialceilingcollapseatthearcadejustafternoon.
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Afterarrivingatthescene,DowlingsaidcrewsdiscovereditwasnotaceilingcollapsebutratheradisplayofLegos,whichwas12feettall,collapsedontoagroupofpeopleduringafailedNewYear’sEveballoondrop.
Dowlingsaidtheballoonsweresupposedtobereleasedfromthe
