Tragedy unfolded at a home in Westbrook, north of Durban, on Saturday evening when a woman drowned while taking a dip in the pool.
According to the Community Emergency Response Team (Cert) a call for assistance was received just after 5:30pm.
“Cert volunteers responded and requested emergency services.
“Upon arrival they found an adult woman had got into difficulty while in the pool.
“She was pulled out by a bystander who commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation,” Cert said.
Despite an intervention by advance life support paramedics the woman did not survive and was declared dead on the scene.
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KZN woman drowns in residential pool
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Tragedy unfolded at a home in Westbrook, north of Durban, on Saturday evening when a woman drowned while taking a dip in the pool.
According to the Community Emergency Response Team (Cert) a call for assistance was received just after 5:30pm.
“Cert volunteers responded and requested emergency services.
“Upon arrival they found an adult woman had got into difficulty while in the pool.
“She was pulled out by a bystander who commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation,” Cert said.
Despite an intervention by advance life support paramedics the woman did not survive and was declared dead on the scene.
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