Man dies while escaping heavy storm in Ruimsig
The body was found buried underneath a concrete palisade fencing.
Body of man found after storm. Photo: Supplied
A lifeless body of man was discovered in a veld in Ruimsig, on the West Rand, following a heavy hailstorm late afternoon yesterday, 9 October, Roodepoort Northsider reports.
The body was discovered by a BCI Security personnel, Johan Pretorius, who was making rounds in the area.
He said: “l saw the gruesome body of the man near Hole in One Avenue near the Ruimsig squatter camp.”
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He speculated the man must’ve been running away from the storm and got injured and killed by a concrete palisade fencing, which he was found buried underneath.
Pretorius said when he got to the scene and contacted the police and ambulance services. He added that a brother to the deceased was able to identify the body before being taken away by a mortuary vehicle.
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– Caxton News Service
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