PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Tragedy struck in Plettenberg Bay on Saturday evening, January 6, when a local child drowned.
At about 18:30 the local NSRI crew responded to a call for assistance after a group of children swimming at the Beacon Island Hotel found a 5-year-old at the bottom of the hotel’s swimming pool.
NSRI spokesman Craig Lambinon said the children recovered the boy from the pool and bystanders started CPR efforts while assistance was being sought.
Lambinon said the local NSRI medical crew were on the scene within minutes.
“Sadly after all efforts to resuscitate the child were exhausted, the child was declared deceased.”
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