A forty-four-year-old man is in a critical condition following a falls incident in Vulcania, Brakpan this afternoon.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man lying on the ground following the falls incident. Reports from the scene indicate that the man was standing on a ladder and fell between approximately five to seven meters to the ground.
Upon assessment of the patient, paramedics found the man in a critical condition.
The Netcare1 helicopter was activated to airlift the critically injured man to hospital for the urgent medical care that he requires.
Exact detail surrounding the cause of the incident and preceding events are still unclear.