A 18-year-old boy in critical condition after falling from Durban Building

A teenager on a critical condition after falling from an upper level parking area in Durban on Saturday afternoon, paramedics said.

“On Saturday afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to the Durban South Beach for a man that had fallen from a height,” Netcare 911 said in a statement.

“Reports from the scene indicate that the 18-year-old-boy was sitting on the wall of the upper level parking with friends when he slipped and fell.

“Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the patient to have sustained severe head injuries. The advanced life support paramedic and his team stabilised him on [the] scene and after he was spinally immobilised they transported him to a nearby hospital for further care,” the statement said.