Worker killed in Tongaat scaffold collapse
Updated | By Newswatch
Tragedy struck on Wednesday at a construction site in Tongaat, north of Durban.
Newswatch was told earlier that a scaffolding platform had collapsed, injuring three workers, one of them critically.
Paramedics have now confirmed that one person, who was transported to hospital, has died.
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"Sadly, one of the men who were transported to a nearby facility has passed away," says IPSS Medical Rescue's Samantha Meyrick.
"The man who was airlifted to a facility in Durban remains critical but stable."
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