NSRI confirms drowning of nine-year-old at Kleinmond main beach
A nine-year-old boy has drowned at Kleinmond Main Beach Lagoon in the Western Cape.
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson Craig Lambinon says the child was visiting the beach with his family when the incident occurred.
He says bystanders brought the child to shore and tried to resuscitate him.
“The NSRI medics continued with CPR efforts and were joined on the scene by paramedics.
Despite extensive CPR efforts, after all efforts to resuscitate the child were exhausted, the child was sadly declared deceased by paramedics.
The body of the child has been taken into the care of the Police and the Government Health Forensic Pathology Service”.
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