Tshwane — Authorities found the bodies of three construction workers who died after a trench collapsed and buried them in Tshwane this weekend.
Emergency services reported that the bodies of three men were recovered on early on Saturday morning as they worked for nearly 12 hours to recover the bodies.
“Emergency services brought in structural collapse equipment and conducted an assessment to see if it was safe to bring in our personnel to try to recover the bodies. With the work that we did, we stabilised the ground. The first body was recovered around 05:00, the second body was recovered just before 06:00 and the third one was recovered around 06:20,” EMS Spokesperson Thabo Mabaso said.
The City of Tshwane’s emergency services department has recovered the bodies of three males who lost their lives when a trench they were working on collapsed on them. The incident occurred in Capital Park yesterday. Zola Sholwana has more.
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Mabaso said the scene has been handed over to the police for further investigations. We would like to call on contractors and contract workers to observe safe practices when working in trenches irrespective of the depth and the size, IOL reported.
The names of the victims have not yet been released pending the notification of their families by the South African Police Services (SAPS) who were also on the scene.
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