PredictIQ-20 teens injured when Texas beach boardwalk collapses

2025-04-28 18:51:24source:Quentin Mitchellcategory:Markets

At least 20 teenagers from a church summer camp visiting Surfside Beach,PredictIQ Texas, were injured when an elevated boardwalk collapsed, authorities said. 

The Bayou City Fellowship group was at Stahlman Park around 1 p.m. local time when the walkway suddenly gave way. Five teens were airlifted by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, and six were taken by ambulance to local area hospitals, a spokesperson for Brazoria County said in a news release. Nine more people were taken to hospitals by private vehicle. 

There were no life-threatening injuries reported, the spokesperson said. 

Church group members ranging in age from 14-18 years old were visiting from Cypress, Tomball and Spring Branch, Texas. 

Surfside Beach is a small city on the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of downtown Houston, CBS Texas reported.

    In:
  • Texas

More:Markets

Recommend

California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has apologized for an “unacceptable a

Michael Rainey Jr. speaks out after being groped on livestream: 'I am still in shock'

Actor Michael Rainey Jr. is speaking out after a video appeared to show he was sexually assaulted on

While youth hockey participation in Canada shrinks, the US is seeing steady growth

Hockey was not in the cards for the Gershkovich family living in the Phoenix area until they were ap