Police have opened an inquest docket.
On Friday afternoon, search-and-rescue officers from Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, were called out the Umkomaas River, Dududu area, after a reported drowning.
Officers with the K9 unit, and search dog Bear, combed the area and recovered the body of a 17-year-old boy. Police have opened an inquest docket and the circumstances surrounding the incident are still being investigated, confirm provincial police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala.In September last year, a baby girl drowned when her mother slipped while crossing the river. She had been carrying her two daughters, aged 14 months and three years, when she slipped. The baby was declared dead on arrival at a nearby clinic.
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