South Africa- "A Durban Metro Water worker has been crushed to death despite a desperate bid by frantic co-workers to rescue him from a collapsed trench.
In a race against time on Sunday, with concrete, mud and rubble still falling, they risked their own lives, digging with their bare hands and spades to try to save their stricken colleague. But what started out as a rescue attempt became a recovery operation as it became clear that the as yet unnamed man had been killed instantly, said SAPS Search and Rescue Inspector Dave Steyn.
The man had been asphyxiated by the mud compressing his chest and there had also been visible fractures to his lower limbs, Steyn said." "The victim was in the trench alone when a water pipe unexpectedly burst, softening the soil and causing rubble, mud and concrete to wash away and collapse on him.
When his fellow workers heard a scream for help, they rushed to his aid as a 4m deep crater appeared and he was buried beneath the collapsing infrastructure."
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