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Man Injured During Partial Roof Collapse At Ft. Lauderdale's Elbo Room

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) - A man was taken to the hospital after a chunk of the roof a Fort Lauderdale Beach's Elbo Room collapsed Tuesday afternoon.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesperson Matt Little said the man was sitting at a picnic table on the patio of the bar, located at 241 S. Atlantic Boulevard, when a 4x4 section of the roof fell on him.

The man, in his 50s, suffered non-life threatening injuries, and was taken to the Broward Health to be checked out.

The section of patio below the roof was cordoned off, but the bar remains open.

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