Thirteen people taken to hospital after River Street ramp collapses into water First responders pulled dozens of people from the Savannah River Saturday afternoon after a ramp collapsed into the water. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT SCHILLER. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS IN SAVANNAH.. 3 3 "YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE FLOATING IN THE RIVER - PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GRAB PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE RIVER THEY WERE TRYING TO YANK THEM OUT SOME PEOPLE WERE JUST TRYING TO HOLD ONTO ARMS BECAUSE THE CURRENT IS SO STRONG..." A SHOCKING SCENE ON RIVER STREET TONIGHT.. A DOCK COLLAPSE- SENDS DOZENS OF PEOPLE INTO THE SAVANNAH RIVER..LEAVING 30 OF THOSE PEOPLE INJURED. 3 OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.. OUR LAUREN BRADLEY HAS BEEN ON THAT STORY SINCE IT BROKE... SHES LIVE ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW- LAUREN, DESCRIBE THE SITUATION THERE AT THIS TIME.. 3 MEGHANTHERE'S A WHOLE LOT GOING ON DOWN HERE ON RIVER STREET RIGHT NOW.AS YOU CAN SEE A LINE OF FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES -- ARE PARKED LONG RIVER STREET.EMERGENCY CREWS TELLS US PEOPLE WERE STANDING ON A BOAT RAMP THAT COLLASPED JUST BEFORE 4 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.IF YOU WERE IN DOWNTOWN YOU PROBABLY HERE SIRENS AND SAW A PARADE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES MAKING THEIR WAY TO RIVER STREET. WE'RE TOLD 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURIED - 13 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND A FIREMAN WAS ALSO TAKEN HOSPITAL.WE'RE TOLD NO ONE WAS CRITICALLY INJURED.SAVANNAH FIRE - SOUTHSIDE EMS AND METRO POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCEN 3 "WE HAD SEVEN AMBULANCES ON SCENE THAT WAS TRIASIONING THOSE THAT WERE INJURED AND THEN TRANSPORTING THOSE THAT WERE MOST CRITICAL FROM THE SCENE." CITY LADERS ALSO SHOWED UP - MAYOR EDDIE DELOACH AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WILL AS THE CITY MANAGER. 3 RIGHT EMERGENCY CREWS ARE SAYING THERE WAS MALFUNCTION WITH THE LANDING DOCK THAT COLLAPSED - AND LEFT THOSE 30 PEOPLE WITH INJURIES.LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HERE AT THIS CRAFT FESTIVAL - AND A UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY EVENT.THEY TELL US PLENTY OF PEOPLE RAN OVER TO HELP THOSE OUT OF THE WATER.

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