Man drowns in Mvoti River

Emergency services have been attending to the scene of the drowning incident on the north coast. 

"The body of an [elderly] male has been found. We are not sure as yet what the cause of death is," IPSS Medical Rescue's Paul Herbst says.  

Meanwhile, a five-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital with severe burn injuries after stepping on an exposed electricity wire in Durban's Bellair Road. Rescue Care's Garrith Jamieson says she had been playing at the time.

"Paramedics found the mother holding the child in her arms. They assessed the child to find that she had sustained burn wounds. She was stabilised on scene by advance life support paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital for the further care that she required," he says.

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