WATCH | Durban man's car fished out of 'sewage-filled' construction hole

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A 70-year-old Phoenix man was traumatised after he drove into a poorly marked construction hole in Umbilo at 5am on Friday.

Gilbert Annamalai dropped off his wife at King Edward Hospital for treatment and was returning home when “the hole came out of nowhere”.

His son-in-law, Reuben Francis, told TimesLIVE the hole was filled with raw sewage and there was a “stench in the area”. “It was quite dark at the time and there were no clear early warning or signs to say there was construction ahead. The lane suddenly went straight into the hole. To make matters worse, the hole is filled with raw sewage,” he said. “It is quite deep and big. My father-in-law is shaken and we will take him to hospital,” he said.

 

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