Daily News reports that a Durban construction worker is fighting for his lives after sustaining injuries following a structural collapse.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Durban North. Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said that their paramedics responded to the scene of a structural collapse on a construction site on Mackeurtan Avenue. “Reports from the scene are that a male worker was busy on a ladder when a wall collapsed, crushing his leg between the wall and the ladder,” Van Reenen indicated. He said that advanced life support intervention was needed to stabilise the worker before he was rushed to a nearby hospital for further definitive care.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thobeka Ngema at Daily News
- Lees ook, Werker veg om sy lewe ná muur ineenstort, by Maroela Media
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