Man critical after falling out of uMhlanga apartment window
The man was rushed through to a local hospital.
A 24-YEAR-OLD man is in a critical condition after he fell out the window at a block of flats in uMhlanga.
Netcare 911 spokesperson, Shawn Herbst said paramedics responded to the scene on Lagoon Drive just after 09:20 on Thursday morning (April 7).
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“Reports from the scene indicate that the 24-year-old male had fallen from the fourth floor, landing on the concrete below. When paramedics arrived on scene the patient was found to have sustained critical injuries.
“The patient was treated on scene by Netcare 911 emergency care practitioners and once stabilised was taken to a local hospital. The circumstances leading to the man falling from the apartment are at this stage not known,” Herbst said.
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