Rieghard Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said; “At 18h26 on Sunday 25 March, while preparing to close our sea rescue base for the day, NSRI Jeffreys Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were noticed a commotion on rocks on the sea shore about half a kilometer from our sea rescue base, at Kitchen Window Reef, and we activated our Discovery Rescue Runner while NSRI volunteers on our Discovery Quad Bike responded to investigate.
“On arrival on-scene we found a 15 year old male and a 16 year old female both suffering injuries after reportedly colliding with a surfer while they were both surfing.
“Both had been brought ashore by fellow surfers.
“The male, Teagan Doyle, from C Place, Jeffreys Bay, suffered a laceration to the head, possible spinal injuries, possible concussion and he was treated and stabilized and his Cervical Spine immobilized as a precaution on-scene by our NSRI medics who also monitored him for secondary drowning symptoms as it was reported that he had been under water for some time following the incident.
“The female, Carla Jooste, from Wavecrest, Jeffreys Bay, suffered a laceration to her head and she was stabilized on-scene by our NSRI medics.
“A 24/7 ambulance services ambulance was summoned and both patients have been transported to hospital in stable conditions.
“The surfer that they collided with on the water was not injured.”
