An aerial view of Strand Beach where a 20-year-old man drowned on Tuesday, 17 January. Image: Creative Commons/GusPilot/ Aerial Picture and Video.
Brothers struggle, one drowns at Strand Beach in Cape Town
A 20-year-old man from Delft drowned at Strand Beach while swimming with his brother on Tuesday. CPR efforts were attempted but he could not be resuscitated.
An aerial view of Strand Beach where a 20-year-old man drowned on Tuesday, 17 January. Image: Creative Commons/GusPilot/ Aerial Picture and Video.
A 20-year-old man from Delft fatally drowned at Strand Beach in Cape Town on Tuesday, 17 January. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the deceased and his brother encountered difficulties while swimming.
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20-YEAR-OLD MAN DROWNS AT STRAND BEACH
The NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew rushed to the scene after two eyewitnesses reported that two people were struggling in the surf at Stand Beach.
The City of Cape Town’s water rescue network was activated to respond to the incident.
“CCTV camera monitors directed rescue services to the location where two persons were in difficulty in the mid-surf break,” NSRI Gordons Bay Station Commander, Alan Meiklejohn.
City lifeguards launched into the water and brought a 17-year-old boy back to the beach and he was immediately assessed by paramedics at the scene.
Rescuers found that the 17-year-old boy’s brother was missing and the NSRI launched the sea rescue craft Zelda to look for him. The 20-year-old’s body was found underwater on the seabed during the search.
“An NSRI rescue swimmer, deployed from the NSRI rescue craft recovered the man onto the rescue craft. He was brought to the Strand lifesaving club where paramedics applied Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation efforts.
“After all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted sadly he was declared deceased,” said Meiklejohn.
The body of the deceased, who lived in Delft, Cape Town, was taken into the care of the Western Cape Government Health Pathology Services.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) have opened an inquest docket for investigation.
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