A college homecoming party took a frightening turn Friday night when a back deck collapsed at a Virginia home, leaving at least 28 people injured and sending emergency crews rushing to the neighborhood.William & Mary confirmed students were among those injured at the off-campus residence in Williamsburg.All reported injuries were non-life-threatening, according to city officials.Dispatchers received a report of a structure collapse around 10:07 p.m.
on the 200 block of Matoaka Court.Responding police and firefighters found the home’s back deck had collapsed, the city said.TERRIFYING SCENE UNFOLDS AS METAL CABANA FRAME CRASHES INTO PACKED CASINO POOL AREAA collapsed wooden deck sits behind police tape at a Williamsburg, Virginia, home after a homecoming party incident injured at least 28 people Oct.
23, 2026.(City of Williamsburg)Emergency crews took 13 people to hospitals, while another 15 reportedly sought treatment on their own, according to the city’s Saturday morning update.Neighbors told WAVY that a homecoming party was underway when the deck gave way.
One described emergency vehicles stretching through the neighborhood."All the way down the street and wrapped around just ambulances and fire trucks," the neighbor, who asked not to be named, told WAVY."We saw a lot of hospital gurneys coming out of ambulances.
At least nine ambulances kind of wrapped around the street."WATCH: VIRGINIA COPS CRAWL THROUGH BURNING HOUSE TO SAVE MAN TRAPPED IN FIREA view of William & Mary’s campus in Williamsburg, Virginia.The university confirmed students were among those injured when a deck collapsed at an off-campus home Oct.
23, 2026.(Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Joshua Wise, who lives next to the home, told the outlet some of his classmates were involved.
He returned after emergency crews had finished responding but learned his housemate had been helping people get home."Word was traveling pretty fast," Wise told WAVY."By the ti...