Texas beach walkway collapses, injures 21

Twenty-one teenagers from a church group were injured when a section of wooden walkway at a Texas beach park collapsed on Thursday.

Officials said five of the injured were taken to hospital by helicopter, six by ambulance and 10 by private vehicle.

“No individuals have life-threatening injuries. The cause of the incident is still under investigation,” a Brazoria County statement said.

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The injured, aged 14 to 18, were visitors from the Houston-area Bayou City Fellowship summer camp, the statement said.

Video of the scene showed a gap in a section of a wooden walkway at the Stahlman Park Event Center in Surfside Beach, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico.