A body believed to be that of missing fisherman Lucas van Wyk has been found.
|||Cape Town - A body believed to be that of missing fisherman Lucas van Wyk has been found.
Van Wyk, 33, of Steenberg, was lost overboard from a crayfish boat on which he was working on Friday morning, on the Western side of the Cape Point Nature Reserve.
An extensive search was launched at the time, but searchers found no trace of the man.
On Wednesday, a body believed to be that of Van Wyk, was found washed up on the beach at Hoek van Bobbejaan in the reserve.
The body was recovered from the beach by police.
The deceased’s family had been informed and identification was being arranged, said National Sea Rescue Institute spokesman Craig Lambinon.
Cape Argus