Tree falls on two boys

A nine year-old is in a critical condition after a tree branch fell on him and his brother at a camping site near Margate on Saturday morning, paramedics said.

"The two boys were sitting in a tent in a caravan park when a huge tree branch broke off and fell straight onto the tent," Netcare911 spokesman Chris Botha said.

The accident happened shortly after 9am , Botha said.

The boys from Roodepoort, Gauteng, were on holiday in Umtentweni near Margate with their family.

One of the boys was in a critical condition and was airlifted to Durban's St Augustines Hospital. The other sustained minor injuries, he said. - Sapa