Watch: Rescue workers have retrieved the body of a second person who became trapped underground in Mitchells Plain

To be attributed to Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for Fire Service
Divers have retrieved the body of a second person who became trapped underground in Mitchells Plain yesterday. The City’s Fire and Rescue crews were back on the scene before 05:00 today, Wednesday October 12, to resume operations, and the man’s body was retrieved just after 6am. He was declared deceased by medics at 06:20.
The incident unfolded around 10:00 yesterday, when emergency services responded to a report that someone had fallen into a manhole in Rocklands, and that a second person had also become stuck.

Fire crews from Mitchells Plain and Goodwood were dispatched along with a technical rescue vehicle with the equipment needed for such an operation.
Metro EMS staff, including a Paramedic, were also on scene.

By the time they arrived, someone had already been extricated and taken to hospital, and just after 11.30am, a firefighter and an EMS medic entered the manhole.

The body of one of the victims was found at 12:15pm.

During yesterday’s operations, one firefighter was taken to hospital due to possible contamination with the sewage water.

Video Phandulwazi Jikelo / African News Agency (ANA)