Six students tragically lost their lives after abalcony collapsed beneath them.The five Irish students and one American were standing on theapartment balcony when it gave away during aparty in the early hours of Tuesday
Olivia Burke 21 Eoghan Culligan, 21, Niccolai Schuster 21 Lorcan Miller 21 and 21-year-old Eimear Walsh Ashley Donohoe 22 were all foreign students visiting Berkeley California on the popular J1 working visa program
Four of the students were pronounced dead at the scene and two of the young people passed away in hospital.
Four of the students were pronounced dead at the scene and two of the young people passed away in hospital.
Seven other students, were injured. Some have critical, life-threatening wounds following the tragedy..
The group of around 14 people fell when the 5ft by 10ft balcony completely detached from the wall and flipped over.
One resident at the apartment block said he had called the police to make a complaint about a large party that was going on in the apartment.
Culled from Mailonline