Holidaymaker drowns in Shelly Beach
It was reported that the man who drowned was on holiday from Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape.
It was a bleak start to the new year after a 63-year-old man died after a drowning incident in Shelly Beach on Monday this week.
It was reported that the man was on holiday from Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape.
In a statement, the NSRI said the Shelly Beach duty crew was activated after reports of a drowning in progress close to Shelly Beach Sunny Evans Ski-boat Club.
“On arrival on the scene, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) efforts were in progress on the man. He had been recovered from the water by three Good Samaritans in what appeared to be a drowning accident. NSRI medics and KwaZulu Private Ambulance paramedics continued with CPR. After all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted, sadly he was declared deceased,” read the statement.
It added that the body of the man was taken into the care of government health forensic pathology services and that police have opened an inquest docket.
The NSRI said friends who were on a holiday to Shelly Beach, Willie and Riana Pieterse from Scottburgh, and Piet and Cecilia Bezuidenhoudt from Thabazimbi, and their families, were departing their holiday home to go to a restaurant when a woman shouting for help drew their attention.
“Realising a drowning was progress Willie, his son Nico and Piet, launched into the water to help the man who had disappeared underwater. Willie had a bodyboard with him.
Cecilia raised the alarm, calling NSRI and the emergency services while Riana comforted the family of the man, his wife and children. Men from the ski-boat club grabbed three life jackets from their ski boat and gave them to Piet and Nico who then reached where the man had gone underwater. Willie was nearby on the bodyboard. Piet and Nico were able to recover the man and bring him to where Willie was and they then used the bodyboard and the life jackets to get the man to the shore. Once on the shore, Willie, who is an advanced commercial diver, initiated CPR efforts and was joined by NSRI and paramedics,” read the statement.
The NSRI commended them for their combined efforts to rescue the man.
It added that the wife and children of the man returned to Mount Frere recently.
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