Wall collapse - five year-old dies in Veeplaas, PE

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A five year-old boy from Veeplaas, Port Elizabeth,  was fatally injured on Thursday afternoon when a boundary wall collapsed on him.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says little Olana Matisi was playing with his friends in the street shortly after 5pm when tragedy struck.

She say the boundary wall above the gate of a house in Mlotheni Street collapsed, hitting him on the head.

He was declared dead by paramedics on the scene. Matisi lived a few doors away from the incident.

Police have opened an inquest docket.