Photo by Pierre Steenkamp
BUFFELSBAAI 7 March 2012, 13:20
A man believed to be aged 62 has died while fishing in Buffelsbaai this afternoon.
ER24 paramedics received a call out that an elderly gentleman had fallen into the water at the beach while fishing off of some rocks. upon arriving at the scene paramedics found that concerned bystanders had pulled the man from the ocean onto the rocky shoreline.
Unfortunately the man had sustained fatal injuries and was later declare dead at the scene. The appropriate authority will be investigating the incident further.
Andre Visser, ER24