Man falls to his death at Durban harbour

Man falls to his death at Durban harbour

Investigators are looking into what led to a man plummeting to his death at the Durban Harbour precinct.

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It's understood the man and his colleagues were working on a roof yesterday afternoon, when he fell.


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Operations Director at Rescue Care, Garrith Jamieson says the man's co-workers called for help.


"On arrival paramedics found a man -believed to be in his 40s - had fallen approximately two stories onto the ground. He sustained serious injuries, and was prononced dead at the scene," he said.


It's the second fatal incident at the city's harbour in as many weeks.


Last week Friday, six people we killed after inhaling gases at the naval base at the harbour.


Three of them were members of the South African National Defence Force, while another three worked for the Department of Public Works.  


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