UPDATE: Man killed after boat capsizes off KZN north coast
Paramedics are rushing two men to hospital after their boat capsized off an Mtunzini Beach. A third man died afte rthe boat flipped. Initial indications are that the commercial fishing boat was hit by a wave shortly after it launching this morning.
IPSS Medidal Rescue's Paul Herbst says all three crewmen fell overboard.
"One of the crew succumbed to his injuries and was declared dead by medics at the scene. Two other crew members were transported by helicopter after the rescue to a nearby landing zone," said Herbst.
They were then taken to a nearby hospital.
One of the survivors had managed to swim to shore.
Herbst says police are at the scene.
Original story below:
Rescue swimmers are racing to an Mtunzini beach on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast after a ski boat flipped, leaving one man dead.
IPSS Medical Rescue says it is understood the baot capsized about 1km off-shore.
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Spokesperson Paul Herbst says two other men were on the vessel."Unfortunately one person is already deceased. There are two people trapped at the vessel out at sea."
Herbst says rescue swimmers are being taken out to sea by a helicopter.
This is a developing story.
