#KZNFloods: Toti man pulled from Rockview Road home
A man is receiving treatment in hospital after being rescued from a home in Rockview Road in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban.
Kingsway High School paramedic, Chris Botha and another off-duty medic responded to the scene after receiving reports of a home that was collapsing due to the severe flooding.
"He had cracked his head open and also sustained some serious [suspected] spinal injuries." said Botha.
The resident was stabilised in the home before being carried across the water to a nearby petrol station.
Botha says they were then told a man was still inside the home next door.
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"In the house next door, which was very close to where everything was collapsing, a person hadn't been evacuated. We went in and found that a man had slipped and fallen.""He had cracked his head open and also sustained some serious [suspected] spinal injuries." said Botha.
The resident was stabilised in the home before being carried across the water to a nearby petrol station.
He was then transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
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Photos from the scene show that a section of the roadway has also been washed away.
