Man crushed by large packaging trolley in Durban
Updated | By Lauren Beukes
Paramedics say a man is lucky to be alive after he was crushed by a large packaging trolley on Monday morning.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst says the trolley fell off a truck loading platform at a shopping mall in Winklespruit, south of Durban.
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Herbst says they believe it was stocked up with 800 kilogrammes of soft drinks.
"When medics from Netcare 911 and Emer-G-Med arrived on scene, they found that the patient had sustained serious injuries.
"The patient was treated on scene by emergency care practitioners.
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