The boys had been playing beneath the N2 freeway bridge, throughout Borcherds Quarry Road subsequent to Nyanga on a Monday afternoon before they drowned, after falling into a hole when the earth surrounding the pillars of the bridge collapsed.
Emergency teams
were on the scene throughout to the next morning they found last body. Ward 39
councillor Khaya Yozi (ANC), whose constituency borders the N2 and Borcherds
Quarry Road, was there with community leaders. He said area next to the N2, was
the only open space where teams of area football practiced and children played.
The area had for years served as a recreational space for young people from
adjacent informal settlements. They did not imagine how dangerous it could be
nor were they aware how it was built.
Fire teams
from Gugulethu and Mitchells Plain were dispatched to the scene after a call
from an officer at 15:20 regarding minors who feel in the hole. Three of the
bodies were found Monday night and the fourth victim was discovered early Tuesday
morning.
Picture: Quinton Mtyala, Sisonke Mlamla
By
Everngelista Muza
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