A 13-year-old Durban boy was crushed to death by a set of soccer goal posts moments after scoring a goal on Saturday evening, paramedics said.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said paramedics who attended the accident at the Crusaders Sports Club were told that the boy had scored a goal.
In celebration, he had jumped and swung on the crossbar, but the goal posts toppled over on to him.
Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Phindile Radebe said he was identified as Nkosanathi Zulu. An inquest docket has been opened.
His friends with whom he had been playing lifted the goal posts off him and called for help. However, by the time paramedics arrived it was too late.
Botha said: ”He had suffered too much chest trauma. We tried, but there really wasn’t too much we could do.”
The boy had apparently been one of five boys who regularly kicked the ball around the fields of the Durban North club. — Sapa