A 12yr old boy has been given a second chance after nearly drowning in the pool of his residence at Crystal Park in Benoni this afternoon. ER24 received a call through say that a child had drowned and that members of public had pulled out of the pool and were doing CPR. The paramedics arrived [...]
Two brothers drowned in Rooskraal dam just off the Vaal river while they were out fishing with their family, North West police said on Monday. The two brothers, aged 11 and 12 years old were accompanied by their parents and another family on a fishing excursion to the dam on Sunday morning, said police spokesperson [...]
[CAPE TOWN - 26 DECEMBER 2011 AT 11H45] A man believed to be on his early 40′s has drowned on Glen Beach near Camps Bay this morning. ER24 paramedics were called by Camps Bay Community Medical for a man who had just being pulled out of the ocean by life guards. When paramedics arrived on [...]
A spring tide over the Christmas weekend would result in stronger waves than normal, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) warned on Tuesday. Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said as part of the NSRI’s WaterWise plan, holiday makers should take the following precautions when going to the beach: – Children should always be accompanied by an adult, [...]
KOMMETJIE SUNDAY 11th DECEMBER 2011. BOAT CAPSIZES, 5 RESCUED: At 11h42 on Sunday 11th December NSRI duty crew were called out for a 5 meter ski-boat capsized at chimneys channel at the Kommetjie slipway with 5 people onboard, an adult and four children. Our NSRI volunteers, the SA Police Services, Metro EMS, CMR (Cape Medical [...]
HOWICK 4 December 2011, 15:00 A 32 year old man has drowned at the Midmar Dam earlier this afternoon. The man’s friends had allegedly lost sight of him before alerting the authorities. A rescue team from the local police services and a diving unit responded to the scene. The man’s body was pulled from the [...]
The NSRI rescued two men after witnesses alerted them to their plight when their rubber duck was blown out to sea off Pringle Bay by strong off-shore winds on Saturday. When the NSRI was alerted, the rubber duck had already been blown 400m off-shore. NSRI Gordon’s Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched sea rescue [...]
WELKOM 20 November 2011, 11:10 ER24 paramedics were called out to a dam at the President Brand mine earlier this morning were security guards found the bodies of three men floating in the water. According to paramedics at the scene the security guards found the men floating face down near the edge of the water. [...]
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Tags: 3 bodies found in Welkom dam, dam at the President Brand mine, ER24 
No Comments »A 39 year old man has sustained a suspected back and neck injury earlier this afternoon while swimming at Santos beach in Mossel Bay. ER24 paramedics were called out to the beach and found the man being attended to by local life guards. The man was swimming with some friends when he allegedly hit his [...]
An Austrian tourist was rescued by an unknown man near Plettenberg Bay on Wednesday, said the National Sea Rescue Institute. “At 13h52, NSRI Plettenberg Bay volunteer duty sea rescue crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at The Island at Robberg Nature Reserve,” said spokesperson Craig Lambinon. Seventy-year-old Hildegard Weisseneder was reportedly [...]
