Deck Collapse at Montana Country Club Leaves More Than 30 Injured During Popular Golf Tournament

Police tape is wrapped around the scene of a deck collapse at Briarwood Country Club in Billings, Mont., on July 23, 2023. Amy Lynn Nelson/The Billings Gazette via AP

BILLINGS, Mont.—More than 30 people were injured when a deck collapsed at a Montana country club during a weekend golf tournament, police and city officials said Sunday.

The second-story patio floor of Billings’ Briarwood Country Club broke and gave way Saturday evening. The collapse caused head wounds, broken ribs, and other injuries as people landed atop each other and debris and scraps of food scattered over the grass next to the club’s golf course.