Four workers were declared dead on scene after a wall collapsed and fell on them at a construction site in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal.
KwaZulu-Natal police have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to the collapse of a wall that fell on five construction workers, killing four at a construction site onSouth African Police Service spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said the information they have at this stage indicates that 14 construction workers were at the bottom of the escarpment building a gabion retaining wall when the wall collapsed and buried five workers underneath.
SAPS Search and Rescue teams at the construction site in Ballito where four workers died. Image: Supplied Netshiunda said phe police’s Search and Rescue team working with other private entities managed to rescue all five victims, however four of them were certified dead at the scene. “Inquest dockets have been opened for investigation. The circumstances that led to the collapse of the wall are also part of police investigations,” Netshiunda said.The Ballito incident happens nearly two weeks after a five-storey building under construction collapsed and killed over 30 workers in George, Western Cape.
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