“We’re working to contact the scholars’ households and can report extra info because it turns into accessible,” the assertion stated. “We’re deeply saddened by the stunning lack of a member of our group.”

Hearth and rescue crews had been referred to as to campus round 8:15 p.m. in response to “experiences of a number of individuals injured” after the column fell, the company stated in an announcement. After they arrived, they discovered a 19-year-old man useless and two 18-year-old ladies injured — one with an harm to her arm and the opposite with an harm to her stomach. Each ladies had been taken to a hospital, hearth officers stated.

In line with college students who spoke to police, “there have been six individuals in three hammocks when the masonry column fell inward towards college students,” Portland Hearth & Rescue’s assertion stated.