Child, 6, critical after falling six floors in Durban CBD
22 March 2019 - 12:28
By Lwandile Bhengu
Image: Rescue Care A little boy is in a critical condition after he fell from the sixth floor of a block of flats in central Durban on Friday.
A six-year-old boy is in a critical condition after falling out of a building in the Durban Central Business District on Friday.
It is believed the boy fell from the sixth floor of a block of flats in Dr Pixely Ka Seme (West) Street.
“The child has sustained multiple injuries and is in a critical condition. Advanced life-support paramedics placed the child on a manual ventilator and rushed him to the hospital,” said Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson.
Jamieson said events leading to the incident were unknown, but that police were on the scene.