Paramedics attending to double drowning incident at Umdloti main beach
18 February 2014 | From Arrive Alive
Paramedics are attending to a double drowning at the Umdloti main beach at percent, reports indicate that the two adult males were pulled out to sea in a strong current. Life guards managed to rescue a male aged around fifty but a twenty two-two-year-old male is still missing and search efforts area in progress.
Netcare 911 Paramedic’s are stabilizing the elderly man on scene before they transport him to a nearby hospital for the care that he requires.
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