Open manhole causes kid to cut leg
“The lose piece of his skin was touching my knee,”
An 11year old was walking on the side walk pavement when he fell in an open manhole, cutting his leg open.
The incident happened on Sunday morning, September18 in Sekelbos Street at approximately 09:00.
Junior Attwell (11-years-old) after he cut his leg open in an open manhole.
The Attwell family went for a walk to visit another family member in Duvha Park area. While they were Junior Attwell stepped what seemed to be a patch of grass, but actually was an opened manhole covered with grass.
As Junior stepped onto the grass patch, he fell straight into the manhole.
When he pulled his leg out he noticed that he had a massive gash on his leg, which was bleeding profusely.
The ‘V’ shaped ct in Junior Attwell’s leg.
“The lose piece of his skin was touching my knee,” said Junior.
Junior’s mom, managed to stop an elderly man who gave them a lift to Witbank Provincial Hospital.
At the hospital his leg was stitched up and he was given Pando syrup for the pain.
“It is still very sore and I can’t bend my leg at all,” said Junior.
The manhole where Junior Attwell fell into on Sunday, September 18.
“It has been referred to the responsible Director to investigate and based on that we will be in a position to provide a response. Let me however state that such an incident is very sad and we will do what we can to prevent these incidents. Open manholes remain a problem and although we are replacing stolen and broken manholes on a regular basis, some are left open for some time. I will based on the report from the technical directorate be able to respond on this specific case but also on how we can assure that other similar incidents are minimised,” said Mr Theo van Vuuren Municipal Manager from Emalahleni City Council.
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