Woman dies, two children hospitalised in drowning incidents
Athenkosi Mvane
Two separate drowning incidents have left
two children in hospital and an elderly woman dead.
Two Randburg children were believed to have
been found in a residential pool.
A four year-old and his seven year-old
brother were believed to have been rescued by their older brother and are being
treated in hospital. Meanwhile, an elderly woman was found in Mbekweni, floating
in a dam on a road between Paarl and Newtown .
ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said that
the children were in a stable condition with water inhalation and swallowing
pool water.
“Sadly the woman, there was nothing more
paramedics and rescuers could do for her; she was pulled from the water and
declared deceased” she added.
The police are investigating the particular
incident
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