{"id":131532,"date":"2016-08-26T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131532\/two-alleged-copper-cable-thieves-crushed-under-soil\/"},"modified":"2016-08-28T19:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T17:21:21","slug":"two-alleged-copper-cable-thieves-crushed-under-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/26\/two-alleged-copper-cable-thieves-crushed-under-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Two alleged copper cable thieves crushed under soil"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) rescue team, SAPS members and the SAPS K9 Unit, worked together to recover two bodies, on Monday.<\/p>\n

The bodies of two unknown men were crushed by soil in a trench in Knights Road, Knights.<\/p>

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\u201cA rescue team responded to the scene immediately after receiving the call from a member of the public at about 11.45am.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon investigation on the scene they found the two bodies crushed by a mass of soil inside the trench,\u201d said William Ntladi, district manager media liaison for DEMS.<\/p>

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Police officers and the SAPS K9 Unit were summoned to the scene for investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team worked tirelessly throughout the day and managed to recover both bodies at about 5pm that afternoon,\u201d Ntladi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary information received on scene shows that the two were busy cutting the underground copper cables inside the trench when the soil gave way and collapsed on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not known when the incident happened though it is believed that it might have happened over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SAPS have opened an inquest docket for further investigation.<\/p>\n

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