A nine-year-old boy is missing while three other children drowned at the Kariega main beach at Kenton-On-Sea on Sunday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the two girls washed onto the beach where a bystander administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
A team of emergency personnel including Port Alfred medics, Gardmed ambulance services, Eastern Cape health services, Ndlambe fire and rescue services and police — as well as Umhlanga and Durban lifeguards who are on holiday at Kenton — responded to assist the girls when a third girl was spotted experiencing difficulty in the surf.
NSRI Port Alfred rescue swimmers recovered the girl from the beach and resuscitation was also administered.
“After all efforts to resuscitate the three females, aged between 10 and 14, were exhausted sadly they were declared deceased,” the NSRI said.
Local residents then confirmed that a nine-year-old boy was missing in the surf.
Immediate efforts to locate the child were unsuccessful and an ongoing search and recovery operation is being co-ordinated.
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Search for 9-year-old boy as three girls drown at Eastern Cape beach
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A nine-year-old boy is missing while three other children drowned at the Kariega main beach at Kenton-On-Sea on Sunday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the two girls washed onto the beach where a bystander administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
A team of emergency personnel including Port Alfred medics, Gardmed ambulance services, Eastern Cape health services, Ndlambe fire and rescue services and police — as well as Umhlanga and Durban lifeguards who are on holiday at Kenton — responded to assist the girls when a third girl was spotted experiencing difficulty in the surf.
NSRI Port Alfred rescue swimmers recovered the girl from the beach and resuscitation was also administered.
“After all efforts to resuscitate the three females, aged between 10 and 14, were exhausted sadly they were declared deceased,” the NSRI said.
Local residents then confirmed that a nine-year-old boy was missing in the surf.
Immediate efforts to locate the child were unsuccessful and an ongoing search and recovery operation is being co-ordinated.
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