A fisherman drowned, another is missing feared drowned and four were rescued off Hangklip near Hermanus when their boat capsized.
|||Cape Town - A fisherman drowned, another is missing feared drowned and four were rescued off Hangklip near Hermanus on Monday when their boat capsized.
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesman Craig Lambinon said the men were from the Strand.
“The NSRI did a search and after a hour they were found. One person drowned. One person left the boat to swim to the shore and is missing. The four men rescued suffered hypothermia.”
The drowned man’s body was found in the boat, which was recovered last night.
“We have no further details,” Lambinon said.
Emergency Medical Services spokesman Darren Francis said the four rescued men were treated at Kleinmond harbour and declined to be taken to hospital.
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Cape Times