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Five year old boy dies after wall collapses on him, Veeplaas

South African Police Service

A 5 year old boy from Veeplaas was fatally wounded when a boundary wall collapsed on him on Thursday afternoon 10 October 2019.

According to police information, at about 17:10, Olana Matisi was playing with his friends in the street when a boundary wall above the gate of a house in Mlotheni Street collapsed hitting him on his head. He was declared dead by paramedics on the scene.

Matisi lived a few metres away from the incident. Police have opened an inquest docket.

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