RIVERS FLOODED, BODY COLLECTED OVER 6HRS LATER

MAGUGA – When a death is reported, emergency services, including ambulances and the police often arrive promptly.

However, this was not the case yesterday when Msunduzo Mvila was found dead. Despite the matter being reported as early as around 6am, his body was only collected about six hours later by officials from a nearby funeral parlour. According to Sifiso Magongo, who is a community police member, the overflowing rivers made it impossible for the collection of the body such that even the police officers could not drive their vehicles along the muddy wet roads. He said the paramedics, known as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) also did not arrive. Magongo said the concern was that the roads were not accessible.

He said even high heavy duty vehicles had abandoned the road. Magongo said since the police did not arrive, he had to send photos of the deceased to them for record purposes.

Challenge

However, he said, the community still had the challenge of transporting the deceased’s body from the area. He said they could not do it but had to wait for officials. He is said to have eventually been taken away by officials from a funeral parlour.

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