Nine year old drown in river

Netcare 911 reported that at 13:51 on Tuesday afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a drowning in McKenzie Street Bloemfontein. Reports from the scene indicate that the little nine year old was on holiday from Cape Town and went for a swim with friends in a river and disappeared under the water.

Police divers was alerted of the incident and responded to find the child, they called the Netcare 911 paramedics to standby at the diving site. After police pulled the child from the water medics did an assessment and declared the child dead at the scene. Chris Botha – Media Liaison Officer – Netcare 911.