{"id":258067,"date":"2026-08-03T03:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258067\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:11:32","slug":"staircase-collapse-sends-woman-falling-about-20-feet-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258067\/","title":{"rendered":"Staircase collapse sends woman falling about 20 feet, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was sent to the hospital on Sunday evening after a staircase collapsed, causing her to fall approximately 20 to 25 feet to the ground below,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1CnNaCgzqV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-absolute=\"true\">officials said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh EMS personnel and fire crews were called to a residence in the 3500 block of Mission Street around 6 p.m. after getting a report of a partially collapsed exterior staircase.<\/p>\n<p>First responders rescued her using a rope system and a Stokes basket after finding her trapped. She was taken to a hospital in stable condition with injuries to her lower body.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/untitled-1.png#.png\" alt=\"untitled-1.png \" height=\"443\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A woman was sent to the hospital after a staircase collapsed, causing her to fall approximately 20 to 25 feet to the ground below, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>                Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Public Safety<\/p>\n<p>Inspectors with Pittsburgh&#8217;s Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections then assessed the building&#8217;s structural integrity and safety.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said residents will not have to leave the building at this time. Inspectors secured the area and will work with the property&#8217;s owners to stabilize the structure and address any necessary repairs.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was sent to the hospital on Sunday evening after a staircase collapsed, causing her to fall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-258067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}