Cape Town – A Dutch man was declared dead at a hospital after a kite-boarding incident at Sunrise Circle Beach, Muizenberg on Thursday, December 29.
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), the man had been airlifted into the air while kite-boarding and landed in the car park area at Sunrise Circle Beach, leaving him critically injured.
“CMR (Cape Medical Response) and Netcare 911 paramedics conducted extensive Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation efforts on the scene before the man was then transported to hospital by CMR ambulance while CPR continued in the ambulance and on arrival at a hospital,” the NSRI said in a statement.
“Sadly the Netherlands man was declared deceased at a hospital after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted,” it added.
In another incident, three lifeguards rescued an adult male from rough sea conditions who had been caught in rip currents in Mossel Bay on Sunday afternoon.
An NSRI Gauteng crewman, on holiday in the area, had also responded. The man was taken into the care of paramedics.
In a separate incident later on in the day, NSRI Mossel Bay duty crew were alerted just after 5 pm to reports of a drowning in progress at the Great Brak River Mouth at the lagoon.
According to a reports, it was a child who was drowning.
“Mossel Bay Fire and Rescue Services, SA Police Services and ambulance services reported the child out of the water and extensive Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation efforts were exhausted before sadly the child was declared deceased,” the NSRI said.
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Compiled by Junaid Benjamin