CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say no charges are expected in the collapse of a fire escape at a Carrabassett Valley bar that injured five people.
The State Fire Marshal’s office says the weekend collapse of the deck attached to the fire escape at the bar The Rack was likely caused by too many people on it at the same time.
The deck fell about 15 feet early Sunday. State police say up to 10 people were on it at the time.
Carrabassett Valley Police Chief Scott Nichols says some of those injured suffered broken bones and lacerations.
The Rack co-owner Chase McKendry says the fire escape was built to code, updated and inspected. McKendry’s partners include Jeff Strunk of Eustis and Olymic Gold Medalist Seth Wescott, of Carrabassett Valley.
The Fire Marshal’s office will be involved in the approval process if the business decides to rebuild it.
The people who hospitalized were:
– Monica Yesmentes, 50, of Garnder, Mass.,
– Sandra Walczyk, 27, of Old Town
– Judd Vear, 35, of Orono
– Brescian Lander, 35, of Orono
– Patric Frisbee, 25, of Eliot
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- A view of side of the Rack restaurant in Carrabassett Valley after a fire escape deck collapsed there early Sunday morning. Five people were injured in the mishap. The State Fire Marshal’s Office determined the deck collapsed because it was overloaded with people and cleared the restaurant of any wrong-doing in the accident.
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