Durban – The body of an adult man was recovered by members of the community from the Kwezane River on the outskirts of KwaDukuza on Sunday.
IPSS Medical Rescue spokesperson, Dylan Meyrick said the IPSS Rescue division along with SAPS Search and Rescue received reports of a body in the Kwezane River.
Meyrick said the body was discovered by community members walking near the river.
“On arrival of Search and Rescue personnel it was discovered that the body was that of an adult male, partially submerged in the river,” he said.
He said the body of the deceased was removed from the river and handed over to SAPS for further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
“Condolences to friends and family of the deceased,” said Meyrick.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident Medi Response reported in a statement on Friday a search and rescue mission was launched after a bather went missing in Blythedale in KwaDukuza on Thursday.
“Medi Response search and rescue, together with KDM(KwaDukuza Municipality) lifeguards and Police search and Rescue, are at an unprotected beach in Blythedale where a bather has been swept out to sea,” said Medi Response spokesperson Paul Herbst.
Herbst said search and rescue crews launched vessels to conduct surface searches, and a drone had been launched to aid in the search.
