Five injured as yacht crashes into dolosse in Durban

THREE females and two males sustained minor injuries when a yacht had run aground on the southern breakwater and slammed into the dolosse at the Port of Durban, in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, 4 April).

Craig Lambinon, the spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), said they had received a call at 1:49am from Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) about a yacht that had run aground and crashed into the dolosse.

The sea rescue craft Eikos Rescuer II and Megan II were launched immediately. The Police Sea Borderline dispatched a Police Boat and TNPA officials, TNPA Fire and Rescue Services and TNPA Security were dispatched and a TNPA tug boat and a TNPA pilot boat responded. Netcare 911 ambulance services were dispatched to stand-by at the NSRI Durban Rescue Base.

“On arrival, we found all five crew members had managed to abandon the yacht and get onto the dolosse. Two NSRI rescue swimmers were sent ashore and they assisted the female who had been trapped in among the dolosse. She was freed from her entrapment and the remaining four crew members were accounted for and safe. They suffered only minor injuries,” said Lambinon.

Lambinon further confirmed that the crew onboard the yacht were locals who had reached Richards Bay and were returning to Durban. “They were taken away by a TNPA vehicle and we believe family collected them at the TNPA tower in the Port of Durban. The yacht remains wrecked on the South breakwater and salvage options will be investigated,” he concluded

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