KwaZulu-Natal surf rescue teams are searching for two people who were swept away by waves at Pennington Beach on New Year’s Day. The team is also searching for a 15-year-old boy who drowned at Jabula Beach in St Lucia. The incident happened just after 6pm, and the team was alerted that several people had been swept away at the beach near the tidal pool on the KZN South Coast.
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon said it was initially reported that three people were in distress after being caught in rip currents. However, the team found that there were five people in distress. Lambinon said lifeguards managed to recover the body of a 21-year-old man and rescued two people, believed to be a young adult and an 18-year-old woman, who were not injured.
“The body of the deceased was taken into the care of the police and the government health forensic pathology services,” said Lambinon. The body of the deceased was taken into the care of the police and the government health forensic pathology services He said two other people, believed to be 21, were still missing. In the incident at Jabula Beach, lifeguards and eyewitnesses reported that three swimmers were swept out to sea by rip currents. Two people were rescued and transported to hospital, while the search for the teenage boy continues.
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