Dam drained as search for children continues
A bakkie full of school children crashed into a dam this morning.
The body of a fifth child has been recovered by rescue workers after a bakkie loaded with school children crashed into farm dam near Mooi River this morning. The exact number of children who were on board the vehicle is still not known as the search is continues for children who have been reported missing by parents.
According to reports from KZN emergency services, most of the dam has been drained, but the bakkie remains trapped in the dam’s thick mud sediment. Initial attempts to have a TLB lift the bakkie failed.
The TLB is now being used to scoop the mud away from the bakkie and a high pressure water hose is being used to loosen the mud’s suction effect to try free the bakkie from the mud.
The number of children transported to hospital has been confirmed at 24 and not the 25 initially reported.
The search and rescue crews, especially those from the police, have been working tirelessly all day.
Earlier report
The search for a fifth child is continues at the farm dam where a bakkie full of school children crashed earlier this morning.
KZN EMS paramedics are still standing by on the scene where the police search and rescue are searching the dam.
Farm machinery has been used to breach the dam wall and drain the water out of the dam and a police sniffer dog has now also been brought in to help search the water.
The canopy which has separated from the bakkie has been located and rescue efforts currently are being focussed in this area.
The rescue is on going
Initial report
Four children are feared to be dead in the Midlands after a tragic accident near Mooi River this morning.
According to reports, it is believed a bakkie carrying school children crashed into a farm dam on the D532 in the Mooi River area of the Midlands.
Reports say paramedics and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find 25 school children who’d suffered minor injuries and had managed to escape ice-cold water.
Four of their schoolmates may not have been so lucky as it is believed rescue divers retrieved four lifeless bodies from the dam. Police and rescue workers continue the search, with the submerged vehicle yet to be located.
Disgusted.That means there were 29 children in that bakkie! So sad and sorry for the families
I fear what this world is coming to in south africa there is no way of making a better future in the state that its in many of us fear for our kids how is this ever going to get better? Is death penilty the only way to save us and make us feel that we live in a better place crime is so sky high you not save in your own house in your own yard or even going to a shop come on what is going to be done.