Sea rescuers respond to road accidents

18 September 2016 - 16:30 By TMG Digital

The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Durban crew were activated on Saturday afternoon following a call for assistance after a vehicle had gone off a bridge into the river in Amanzimtoti.“The duty crew responded by road‚ in heavy rain‚ with their 4x4 rescue vehicle and Discovery Rescue Runner.The driver had managed to free himself from the vehicle and had reached the river bank without any injury before the Sea Rescue team arrived. Other medical services attended to the driver while the vehicle was recovered from the river‚” said NSRI Durban Station commander Clifford Ireland.“Sea Rescue was stood-down and the crew started making their way back to the rescue base when another accident happened close by. The NSRI crew made their way to the scene of the second accident.“Sea Rescue crew started stabilising both occupants in the vehicle‚ before paramedics arrived on scene. Sea Rescue stood-down again when their services were no longer required‚” Ireland added...

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