Thursday, January 08, 2015

A teenager drowned in Humansdorp Dam near Jeffrey Bay

Loyiso Langeni
08 January 2015

The National Sea Rescue Institute on Wednesday evening attended to an incident in Humansdorp dam, whereby an 18 year old male had gone missing under water while swimming with friends.

NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said they launched a stand up paddle board to assist in the search. During the search the body of the teenagers was recovered and handed to care of the Forensic Pathology services

 
Lambinon added that police trauma counsellors assisted the teenager’s friends and a guardian of the teenager.

 
Police have opened an inquest docket.

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