#KZNFloods: Toti man pulled from Rockview Road home

#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.

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Chris Botha
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.

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.

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Chris Botha

The house in Rockview Road in Amanzimtoti has collapsed even further, with more of the road caving in as well.

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Chris Botha
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