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Durban: A Female Deceased, Another Suspected Missing

Police are investigating circumstances at Durban North Beach where an unidentified female succumbed to suspected fatal drowning and an unidentified person may be missing at sea.

Roy Wienand, NSRI Durban station commander, said: At 00h01, Friday, 28 February, NSRI Durban duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from Police Search and Rescue, on the scene at Durban South Beach, where 2 people appeared to be in difficulty in the surf zone.

At approximately 23h30, Thursday, 27 February, Isidingo Security had reported being on the scene where 2 persons were in the water, in the surf zone, at South Beach.

The SA Police Services, Police Search and Rescue (Water Policing and Diving Services) and Metro Police Search and Rescue, had responded to the scene where 2 persons appearing to be lifeless could be seen afloat at the back breakers.

Our NSRI Durban duty crew responded to our NSRI Durban station 5 rescue base where the NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Surfski 6 was launched while our NSRI Durban rescue vehicle and NSRI Durban rescue swimmers responded.

On arrival on the scene a Metro Police Search and Rescue diver was in the water searching in the surf zone.

The search area had shifted towards Durban North Beach.

Our NSRI rescue craft joined in the search when the body of an adult female was located washing ashore in shallow surf.

The body of the unidentified female was recovered from the water by Police and taken into the care of Police and Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.

An extensive sea and shoreline search for a person (the second person who had been seen in the water), suspected to be missing in the surf, that continued into the early hours of Friday morning, has revealed no signs of that person.

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