2 kids among 4 hurt in Morgan Park porch collapse

CHICAGO (SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) - A porch collapse Wednesday in Morgan Park sent four people to the hospital.

Paramedics responded to the 11700 block of South Church Street about 8:30 p.m., according to the Chicago Fire Department. The group fell from a height greater than 12 feet.

A 10-month-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, the fire department said. The girl did not complain of any injuries but was hospitalized for “trauma related to the fall.”

Two women, 48 and 59, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, also in serious-to-critical condition, the fire department said. Both women complained of neck and back pains.