Cape Town – A 45-year-old man was reportedly rescued after his riverboat craft capsized in the Swartkops River Mouth in Gqeberha.
He, however, lost his dog in the incident, reported Times Live.
The National Sea Rescue Institute said their NSRI Gqeberha duty crew was activated after eyewitnesses reported a boat capsizing and a man in the water at the Swartkops River Mouth on Saturday
“Blue Water Bay lifeguards rescue craft reached the 45-year-old local man in the surfline in the river mouth and rescued him onto their rescue craft and he was brought to shore.
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“…Sadly his dog was found washed up on the beach deceased,” the report quoted the NSRI Gqeberha duty coxswain Stephen van den Berg as saying.
According to Algoa FM, NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon said it appeared that the riverboat craft may have broken anchor while the man may have been asleep below deck and drifted towards the river mouth in the outgoing tide before capsizing.
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