East Coast Radio earlier reported that there has been a dramatic rescue operation near Waterfall, in Durban’s upper Highway area, after a man fell down a narrow cliff in Crestholme.
He was walking on a pathway with friends at around 08h00, when it is believed he slipped and fell down the side of the cliff. ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks says the man was found lying on his back. He says emergency rescue officials worked for around two hours to rescue him, before he was airlifted to hospital.
“It was a very narrow way which only allowed only one person to walk along the pathway so we’d be walking one behind each other making it very difficult for rescue operations to walk the man out or carry him back out which made that the most difficult part. That’s why a helicopter was called in to airlift the patient up to a waiting ambulance on a piece of ground further up the mountain.”
Banks says the man suffered a broken shoulder and has been treated for possible back and neck injuries.
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