Two escape uninjured as Lake Macquarie restaurant collapses into the water

Pier collapses beneath Milano's On the Lake, a popular wedding and function centre south of Newcastle, with booms set up to prevent contaminating the water Two people have escaped uninjured from a popular waterfront restaurant just before it partially collapsed into a lake south of Newcastle. The pier underneath Milano's On the Lake at Pelican on Lake Macquarie collapsed just before 10am on Monday while two people were inside.