Two boys aged thirteen and seven has died in a river in the Welbedacht area of Chatsworth last night. Reports are that they went for a swim in the river late yesterday afternoon and disappeared under the water lilies.
SAPS search and rescue and a Netcare 911 ambulance was dispatched to the area, after they assessed the area the decision was made to return this morning and use police divers to search the area for the missing children.
Paramedics stood by on the side as the dive was not only difficult but extremely dangerous as the divers had to search under the water lilies for the bodies. After about ninety minutes both the children were pulled out of the water, they both tragically died as they were trapped in the water under the plants for an extensive period of time.