From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded to a fatal deck collapse late Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
Battalion Chief Sebastian Carrillo said several children were on a deck at a home in the 200 block of Freda Jane Lane when it gave way, falling about nine feet. The incident happened around 10 p.m.
A toddler was taken to St. Vincent’s East where he died. The child has been identified as three-year-old Titus Hubbard. Two other children were taken to Children’s of Alabama with minor injuries. Carrillo said the two children hurt were ages 6 and 12.
Several other children on the deck at the time of the collapse were not badly injured.