{"id":107047,"date":"2015-12-01T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107047\/alleged-illegal-miner-crushed-to-death\/"},"modified":"2015-12-02T08:35:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T06:35:07","slug":"alleged-illegal-miner-crushed-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/01\/alleged-illegal-miner-crushed-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged illegal miner crushed to death"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man lost his life when he was crushed by a rock on Sunday night while allegedly involved in illegal mining activities.<\/p>\n

Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) were alerted to the incident after a resident of the Makause informal settlement reported the matter to the staff at the Primrose Fire Station, on Monday at 10am.<\/p>

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They rushed out to the scene at the old Primrose Gold Mine, on Stanley Road in Knights.<\/p>\n

William Ntladi, media liaison officer for DEMS, told the GCN that a specialised rescue team, teams from the Primrose and Edenvale fire stations, as well as members of the SAPS and EMPD K9 units were involved in the recovery of the body.<\/p>

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Ntladi said that he believes a number of people were digging in the open-cast mine when the rock fell and crushed the unknown man to death.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the scene we found a number of hammers, picks, shovels and chisels, so this shows he was not working alone,\u201d Ntladi said.<\/p>\n

The teams managed to remove the body by 1.10pm.<\/p>\n

The Primrose SAPS are investigating an inquest docket relating to the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n