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News24, Johannesburg, 02/12/2006 13:22 - (SA)
=Construction worker buried alive=

Johannesburg - A construction worker was rescued early on Saturday morning after being trapped underground for over eight hours.

ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak said the man was in a stable condition when he was rescued by Germiston rescue workers.

"He was treated for shock and hypothermia on the scene and then transported to the hospital," said Vermaak.

The 35-year-old man and another construction worker were buried alive in Primrose on Friday, when a trench they were digging collapsed.

The man remained trapped underground - with only part of his upper body exposed - while rescue workers extracted his colleague shortly after the incident occurred.

Vermaak said the trench had collapsed while the workers were laying water pipes at a block of flats.


 * From: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2039060,00.html**

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