Two folks attending an occasion at a music venue in Chicago’s East Pilsen neighborhood had been injured in an accident early Saturday morning, in line with the institution and police.
The incident was reported at round 1:20 a.m. at Radius Chicago, 640 W. Cermak Rd. In a put up on Instagram, the venue defined a non-structural wooden ledger that was hooked up to a metal body fell from the ceiling and struck two folks.
A 29-year-old man suffered shoulder and neck ache and was transported to an space hospital in good situation. A second particular person, a 26-year-old lady, sustained a laceration to the again of the pinnacle and was additionally listed in good situation, Chicago police mentioned.
Radius, within the Instagram put up, mentioned it takes the incident “extraordinarily critically” and has been in touch with metropolis officers.
“We have engaged a structural engineer who decided there are not any further security considerations presently, ” the enterprise said, partially. “The security and well-being of our company is all the time our prime precedence, and as such we’re implementing further advisable precautionary measures for tonight’s occasion.”
The circumstances surrounding the accident are below investigation by the Chicago Fireplace Division.
