NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A popular restaurant is back open after the ductwork system collapsed on people while they were dining, sending several people to the hospital.
The accident happened Monday night at the Mystic Grille, the same restaurant featured on the hit show “The Vampire Diaries.”
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A person inside the restaurant shared video with Channel 2′s Audrey Washington that shows people on the floor after a large piece of ductwork crashed down on top of them.
“Everyone was crying. Everyone was screaming,” a witness said.
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Several people were hurt and had to be rushed to the hospital.
On Tuesday, Washington talked to a restaurant employee who asked not to be identified. She said there are a number of issues at the restaurant and the collapse didn’t surprise her.
“These pipes that fell and hit all these people were filled with water because they rusted out and they were rotting away,” she said.
Washington spoke with the manager, who said an inspector came out and checked the structure.
The inspector cleared the restaurant and it is now back open for business.
What caused the initial collapse is unclear.
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