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Gqeberha police have opened an inquest docket after a man sustained fatal injuries and another was critically injured while unblocking a drain in Missionvale.
Spokesperson, Colonel Pricilla Naidu says it is alleged that sub-contractors were busy inside a drain on Friday afternoon when a blockage gave way and the drain started to flow.
She says the strong suction pulled both workers into the pipe and they disappeared under the water.
Rescue workers managed to recover both men.
They were resuscitated and rushed to hospital.
Colonel Naidu says one of the men, aged in his early 20's passed away yesterday morning, while the other is still in the hospital.
She says the men were sub-contractors for the municipality and were busy unblocking a main raw sewage service drain when the incident happened.
The name of the deceased has not yet been released.
