The City of Tshwane’s Emergency Services Department is recovering the bodies of three men who died when a trench they were working in collapsed. TheCitizenNews Read more here ⤵️
The trench collapsed in Myburgh Street, Capital Park just before 4pm on 11 August 2023. Photo: Tshwane Emergency Servicesis in the process of recovering the bodies of three men who lost their lives when a trench they were working in collapsed on them.
It is understood the incident happened in Myburgh Street, Capital Park, just before 4pm on 11 August 2023. Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson Charles Mabaso said the workers are employees of a contractor that is contracted to theMabaso said the men were busy with repair work of a sewage line in Capital Park when the trench collapsed on them.
“One contract worker was transported to a nearby hospital with moderate to serious injuries, while two escaped with no injuries from a trench estimated to be six metres deep and four metres wide. “Rescue technicians are using two back actor earth working machines to create a stable sloped access which will be secured with shoring equipment to create a safe access for technicians the bodies. It is estimated that the recovery of the three males aged between 20 and 35 years may take more than twelve hours because of the unstable ground,” Mabaso said.
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