At 09h43 on Sunday Morning Netcare 911 paramedics and firemen responded to a structural collapse In an informal settlement along Johanna Road Sea Cow Lake. Reports from the scene indicate that the heavy rain had caused a structure collapse while a four-year-old-boy was still in the building made from rocks and wire.
Paramedics and the fire services arrived at the scene and had to cut through the wire before they were able to dig through the stones to get to the child. A shout of joy was heard when they managed to pull the very traumatise boy from the rubble. The seriously injured child was treated at the scene before he was transported to a Durban hospital for the care that he required. Fantastic teamwork between firefighters medics and the public ensured a safe rescue of the little boy.
