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10 injured after New Year’s Eve display collapses onto crowd at Peabody arcade

Eight people were transported to a hospital with minor injuries, the Peabody Police Department said.

Several children were injured inside the In The Game center in Peabody after a Lego-like structure in the atrium collapsed on them as they were climbing it. Workers remove a similar structure above the entrance near where the other collapsed.
Several children were injured inside the In The Game center in Peabody after a decorative structure in the atrium collapsed on them as they were climbing it. Workers remove a similar structure above the entrance near where the other collapsed. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

By Audrey Cooney

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Ten people received minor injuries after a New Year’s Eve display collapsed at an arcade in Peabody on Tuesday, police said.

At In The Game Peabody, balloons attached to a display pulled the display over, injuring people below, the Peabody Police Department said in a statement. Eight people were transported to a hospital, while two people declined to be transported, the department said.

In The Game in Peabody.
In The Game in Peabody. – John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

The arcade’s website advertises a New Years Eve event scheduled to begin at noon on Tuesday. 

Video of the incident posted online shows nets holding balloons suspended above a crowd of people. Screams can be heard as a display that was holding one end of the netting plummets onto the people below. 

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A representative from In The Game said Tuesday evening they were “currently working with the authorities as the situation is being assessed.”

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