Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell died while celebrating her 21st birthday in Cape Town, after falling over a balcony.
|||Durban - A former St Mary’s DSG Kloof pupil, Rosa Carlyle-Mitchell, died while celebrating her 21st birthday in the City Bowl in Cape Town
She fell over a balcony on to the ground at about 10pm on Sunday night.
According to a family member, who asked not to be named, Rosa, a Theatre and Performing Arts student at the University of Cape Town, was celebrating her birthday with her brother, Luke, and her younger sister, Cristina, as well as a cousin who also had her birthday on the same day.
Rosa is the eldest daughter of Dominic, a business consultant, and Rene, a local architect, of Hilldene Road, Hillcrest.
The relative said that both parents were stranded in Italy as Dominic has been instructed by doctors not to travel after breaking seven ribs in a road accident last week. He was recently discharged from hospital but told not to travel for fear his broken ribs could pierce a lung.
He was to visit his doctors again on Monday to ascertain how he could best travel back to South Africa to be with his family.
Tyna Charter, principal of St Mary’s DSG Kloof said, “The staff of St Mary’s are deeply saddened to hear the news and our heartfelt condolences go to the family. We remember Rosa as a creative and talented student with a real joie de vivre.”
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