Roof collapse: 11 hurt
2009-07-09 18:35
Johannesburg - Fourteen people were reported to have been injured when the roof of the Newlands Shopping Complex in Durban collapsed on Thursday afternoon, paramedics said.
ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said 11 of the people were critically injured while three sustained minor injuries.
He said the three were trapped under rubble and all the people were rushed to hospital after being freed.
"All emergency services are at the scene. A search is being conducted for more people who might still be trapped inside," Banks said.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said emergency services, fire-fighters and the police were conducting a search operation that would end only after the area had been cleared and they were certain that no more people were trapped.
No deaths have been reported.
- SAPA