Mossel Bay police open inquest docket after female body recovered from sea

25 July 2015 - 18:09 By RDM News Wire

Police have opened an inquest docket after the body of an unidentified woman was found floating in the sea at Mossel Bay in the Western Cape. Andre Fraser‚ station commander of the National Sea Rescue Institute at Mossel Bay‚ said an NSRI crew had responded to an alert from police on Saturday morning about reports of a body seen floating in the water near Quay 4 in Mossel Bay harbour."NSRI Mossel Bay responded to the scene with NSRI rescue swimmers and the SA Police Services‚ WC Government Health EMS and ER24 ambulance services responded."On arrival on the scene an NSRI rescue swimmer assisted by a local dive company diver recovered the body of an adult female from the water and paramedics conducted Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) efforts but despite extensive CPR efforts the female was declared deceased on the scene and the body of the female has been handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services and Police have opened an inquest docket‚ Fraser said."The identity of the female‚ the cause of death‚ and the circumstances leading to the female being in the water will be investigated by police‚" he added...

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