BREAKING: Double drowning at Richards Bay’s Naval Island
The incident comes just days after the ZO launched its festive season anti-drowning campaign
A TEENAGE girl is in a critical condition while a woman in her mid-thirties tragically lost her life today (Thursday) in a double drowning incident at Naval Island.
The incident occurred just before 4.30pm and Ice Medical Rescue was called to the scene by a member of the public shortly thereafter.
‘When we arrived, bystanders had already pulled the two casualties to shore,’ said Ice Paramedic Richard Schouten.
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‘Sadly we had to pronounce the woman at the scene but the teenager was taken to Ngwelezana Hospital in a critical condition.
‘She remains in a critical but stable condition, with secondary drowning.’
This comes just days after the ZO and its partners launched a festive season anti-drowning campaign.
Pamphlets depicting the dangers of swimming in too-deep water are being distributed by taxi drivers to their passengers as they ferry them to Richards Bay’s beaches.
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