Drownings

The death toll in the Jukskei River drownings has increased to 14 after 12 more bodies were found. Image: Medi Response Facebook page.

Jukskei drownings: Three children and one teenager found dead

A list of bodies that were discovered in the Juksei drownings has been released, among them are three children and one teenager

Drownings

The death toll in the Jukskei River drownings has increased to 14 after 12 more bodies were found. Image: Medi Response Facebook page.

Search and rescue operations continue on Monday, 5 December after several people drowned when swept away in the Jukskei river.

It is now reported that at least 18 people from various churches were swept away in flash floods when taking part in a baptism.

Various emergency services attended to the scene

Netcare 911 notified the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) of the drownings around 16:30 on 3 December.

The following emergency services responded to the scene:

  • NSRI Gauteng
  • City of Johannesburg EMS
  • Gauteng Government Health EMS
  • Johannesburg Fire and Rescue Services from Sandton Fire Station
  • CPF Security
  • South African Police Services
  • Police divers
  • Police K9 Search and Rescue

The death toll in the Jukskei River drownings has increased to 14 after 12 more bodies were found. Image: NSIR – Craig

During the initial search, Fire and Rescue Services found a woman where NSRI rescue swimmers and Police divers recovered the body on a sandbank in the Jukskei River at the Grayston Drive Bridge on Katherine Street.

Another adult woman was found by Fire and Rescue Services near Arkwright Avenue and was transported to hospital in a stable condition suffering hypothermia.

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Several other bodies found after drowning – some children

NSRI was notified that emergency services had discovered and recovered the body of a teenage girl and that the body had been turned over to Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.

A Fidelity Security helicopter, with thermal imaging sensors, joined in the search.

On Sunday, 4 December the following bodies were found:

  • An adult woman – Near Witkoppen Road, Rivonia
  • Two adult men –  near Kramerville, Sandton
  • A boy child and a toddler girl – near the corners of Grayston Drive and Katherine Street
  • A girl child and two adult women – near Morningside Manor
  • An adult woman – near Froom Street, Atholl
  • An adult man – near South Road, Rivonia
  • An adult woman – near Morningside Manor
  • An adult woman – near The Terraces at 12th Avenue, Alexandra

Search and rescue operations will continue on Monday, 5 December.

The death toll in the Jukskei River drownings has increased to 14 after 12 more bodies were found. Image: NSIR – Craig

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