Builder buried in rubble dies of multiple injuries

13 October 2016 - 14:18 By TMG Digital

A man‚ believed to be in his 40s‚ was killed this morning after part of a building collapsed on him in the Durban city centre. ER24 paramedics were informed that the men had been demolishing the building on Audley Road when part of it collapsed‚ burying one of the workers.Paramedics and fire services removed the rubble to free the man. "After some time‚ the body of the man was freed from beneath a large pile of rubble. Unfortunately‚ the man had already succumbed to his multiple‚ fatal injuries."..

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