Notice

18Oct2020 - Double drowning Swartkops River

At 12 pm today the squad was about to start training at Millers when a notification came through from the Water Emergency Committee about two missing fishermen in the Swartkops River. The exact location was not immediately known and the squad was activated to respond. On arrival, the exact location was established and it was 3km from where the sedans had to be left, and only 4x4's could be used for the remainder of the route to the scene.

On arrival at the scene, CWR members found a gill net filled with fish which was removed from the water.

Further information became available that the fisherman went missing sometime during the night. Swimmers from CWR and BWBLSC members started a search.

After approximately 30mins of searching, both deceased casualties were recovered.

Services on Scene: CWR, BWBLSC, BWB iPatrol, SAPS Dive Unit, SAPS Swartkops, EMS.