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BREAKING: Boy (10) drowns after heavy rains in Phalaborwa
The young boy was playing with friends when he drowned in a muddy ditch.
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A young boy, aged 10, drowned yesterday afternoon in Lulekani, near Phalaborwa.
It is reported that the boy was playing with friends in muddy ditches at a housing construction site when he disappeared under the water and did not resurface.
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The friends of the young boy ran off to seek help but nothing could be done to save him.
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Full story in next weeks Phalaborwa Herald.