On Sunday morning at 9.13am Netcare 911 paramedics received a call for a man that was hit by a train at the railway tracks by the lake in Boksburg.
Chris Botha, spokesman for Netcare 911, said reports from the scene indicated that the photographer was taking photos of passing trains when he was struck by one. Exact detail as to how it happened is still speculative and will remain a subject for police investigation.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man lying on the ground with serious injuries. Emergency personnel stabilised the injured man at the scene before he was transported to a local hospital for the care he required.
