A Pietermaritzburg man is in a serious but stable condition in the Edendale Hospital after falling approximately three metres when a staircase gave way in the Lay Centre in Edendale this morning.
Details of the structural collapse remain vague. The man alleges that he had been walking up the concrete staircase in the building from the ground to the first floor. The floor appears to have given way and the man plunged onto the level below.
He sustained serious lower limb and facial trauma, as well as suspected spinal injuries. He was transported by ambulance to the Edendale Hospital for further medical attention.
