A 13-year-old boy has died and four others hospitalised following a drowning incident on North Beach in Durban yesterday afternoon.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 12h20 to find the lifeguards providing CPR to a young boy while other lifeguards were treating two girls, aged 8 and 13.
Medics immediately took over CPR and provided the child with advanced life support. Unfortunately, after 40 minutes, no vital signs returned, and the child was declared dead.
The two girls were treated and transported to a nearby hospital for further assessment. Two other children were transported privately before the arrival of paramedics.
The details surrounding this incident are unknown but was reported to the local authorities.