Cape Town – A 32-year-old man from Strand, Cape Town, tragically drowned while fishing on Good Friday along the Garden Route in Mossel Bay.
The incident was confirmed by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), with efforts to rescue the man involving multiple emergency services, reports said on Saturday.
“Two NSRI rescue craft were launched, an NSRI rescue vehicle, NSRI rescue swimmers – in their private vehicles, Western Cape Government Health EMS rescue squad and ambulance, Mossel Bay Fire and Rescue Services, Mossel Bay Law Enforcement and the SA Police Service (SAPS) responded. SAPS Water Policing and Diving Services (WPDS) were alerted.
“On arrival on the scene, one adult male had been assisted from the water and he was not injured and one man was missing. Public members spotted the second man in the surf zone where an NSRI rescue swimmer and Fire and Rescue Services rescue swimmer recovered the man to the beach,” IOL quoted the NSRI as saying.
Despite extensive resuscitation efforts, the man was declared deceased at the scene.
The victim and his friend, also from Strand, were fishing together when the victim was swept away by rip currents, Times Live reported.
An inquest docket has been opened by the police, and the deceased’s body has been taken into the care of Government Health Forensic Pathology services.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
