Bleacher falls, hurting 3 cheerleaders, janitor

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Three western Pennsylvania high school cheerleaders and a custodian have been injured in a bleacher collapse.

Uniontown Area School District Superintendent Charles Machesky says cheerleaders were trying to push the bleachers back to have more practice room Saturday morning.

He says they didn’t realize they first needed to release a locking mechanism.

Two braces that were holding part of the bleachers in place snapped, and upper levels collapsed on top of them.

Machesky says one girl suffered a broken leg and nose, a second had an injured leg, and the third girl had minor injuries.

The custodian suffered a cut to cut his head helping free one of the girls.

All were taken to hospital.

Names weren’t available.

Uniontown is the Fayette County seat and is about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.