Durban - Emergency services have once again warned bathers to swim at beaches manned by lifeguards and to only enter the water if they are good swimmers.
The warning comes after the body of a 62-year-old man was pulled from Pipeline beach in Amazimtoti, south of Durban, at the weekend.
ER24 spokesperson, Ross Campbell, said bathers told rescuers that they had seen the man getting into the water.
"On Sunday, locals apparently alerted the lifeguards to a man in distress, who then went in to rescue him. The lifeguards managed to pull the already unresponsive man from the water before 6pm," he said.
Campbell said the lifeguards, along with members of Volunteer Emergency Service, VEMA, who were first on the scene, then attempted to resuscitate the man.
"He unfortunately did not respond to CPR and efforts were later called off. ER24 were called in to declare the man dead on arrival. The Metro Police as well as the South African Police Services were on the scene for further investigation," he said.
In a seperate incident, the body of a 57-year-old man was retrieved from a swimming pool in Bellair.
Police said SAPS and Metro Police Search and Rescue officials were called to a residential property.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/sapsKZN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sapsKZNYesterday, DBN #SAPS #SAR, Metro Police SAR divers and DBN #K9SAR were called out to a drowning at a residential swimming pool in Bellair. The body of a 57yr-old male was recovered from the pool in Waverly Rd and handed over to Bellair SAPS. Inquest docket opened. ME pic.twitter.com/Ji7MCorObx
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