PE harbour disaster
By Dorette De Swart - 13 March 2014
BREAKING: Building collapsed at harbour, between 40 and 50 reported injured so far. All details in print tomorrow — The Herald PE (@HeraldPE)
DISASTER struck at the Port Elizabeth harbour last night when the first floor of a building collapsed, crushing shift workers below. At least 86 people were injured, two of them seriously.The high drama occurred during a shift change at Eyethu Fisheries shortly before 9pm.
The wooden mezzanine floor, which is used as storage space, collapsed onto the canteen area.
There were about 60 workers on the floor at the time and many others below.
One dazed employee at Livingstone Hospital said the floor just “disappeared” beneath her.
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