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Man seriously injured in fall onto palisade fencing

Circumstances surrounding accident unknown.

A man was seriously injured when he fell from a height onto a palisade fence while working at a construction site in Fleurhof during the afternoon of Tuesday, 14 August.

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 2pm, they found the man lying on the grass across the road.

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Paramedics found that he had sustained serious injuries to his abdomen and transported him to the hospital for further medical care.

It is believed that the man was climbing down the scaffolding when he lost his footing and fell onto the palisade fence.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident were not known to ER24’s paramedics.

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