Body of Child Recovered from Klein River

Henk Henn, NSRI Hermanus station commander said; “At 17h10 on 3 October NSRI Hermanus volunteer duty sea rescue crew were activated to respond to Klein River, Stanford, following reports of a child missing in the river.

“On arrival on-scene, following a brief search, NSRI rescue swimmers recovered the body of an 9 year old male, a local, from the river. The body of the child was found lying at the bottom of the river and was recovered by NSRI rescue swimmers but found to be already deceased.

“While he is believed to have drowned while swimming Police have opened an inquest docket to investigate the circumstances of the incident.”