A 17-year-old local boy has died following a drowning incident near the Hermanus New Harbour on Tuesday afternoon.
NSRI Hermanus station commander, Edrich Kotze, says crews from NSRI Hermanus, CMC ambulance services, ER24 and the South African Police Service responded to the cliff path at 13:27 after reports of a drowning in progress.
When NSRI crew arrived, paramedics were already performing CPR on the teenager. Despite all efforts to resuscitate him, he was declared dead at the scene.
His body was taken into the care of police and the Government Health Forensic Pathology Services. Police have opened an inquest docket.
It appears the teenager encountered difficulty while swimming. Friends reportedly carried him up to the cliff path and alerted authorities, where paramedics met them and immediately began CPR.
Condolences have been extended to the family and friends of the deceased.
NSRI Hermanus station commander, Edrich Kotze, says crews from NSRI Hermanus, CMC ambulance services, ER24 and the South African Police Service responded to the cliff path at 13:27 after reports of a drowning in progress.
When NSRI crew arrived, paramedics were already performing CPR on the teenager. Despite all efforts to resuscitate him, he was declared dead at the scene.
His body was taken into the care of police and the Government Health Forensic Pathology Services. Police have opened an inquest docket.
It appears the teenager encountered difficulty while swimming. Friends reportedly carried him up to the cliff path and alerted authorities, where paramedics met them and immediately began CPR.
Condolences have been extended to the family and friends of the deceased.
