What was meant to be a normal Monday evening turned out to be traumatic for four occupants of a light motor vehicle after it was unable to stop on the driveway, went through a small fence and dropped down about one and half stories into a swimming pool in Balhambar road, Northdale in Pietermaritzburg.
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Sasol Berg – Heibron Road over Suiker Bos River
Three females have drowned and two men of which one is in a critical condition and the other is in a serious condition after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed through the Armco barrier on Heibron road about 10km outside Sasol Berg into Suiker Bos river.
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A 7 year old boy is fighting for his life in the Charlotte Maxeke hospital after a drowning accident in a complex pool in the Fourways area this afternoon. Details of how the child ended up in the pool is still a subject for investigation. An off- duty Opps medic found the boy floating [...]

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A four year old little girl drowned in the Peninna area of Polokwane this evening at around 18h30. Exactly how the child ended up in the pool is still a subject for police investigation, but it is purported that the child was found in the pool by family members.
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Two children between the age of 5 and 7 years old are missing and presumed to have drowned in the Rietspruit River at Orange Farm this afternoon. Details are still speculative but it is believed that a group of children was cooling off in the river when they were swept away by the strong current.
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This afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics raced to the scene of a tragic drowning in the Vereeniging area at around 17h20. Exact details are still speculative, but it is reported that the 43 year old slipped on the side of the pool, he hit his head and then fell into the water.
Paramedics arrived on scene and [...]

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Effective CPR of a day mother saved the life of a two year old in the Vanderbijlpark area this afternoon just after 14h00.
Exact details of how the child landed in the pool is still unclear, the caregiver went searching and and found the little boy floating face down in the pool. She immediately pulled [...]

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A 5 year old boy is fighting for his life in at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg. He was found floating in a pool at a Boksburg residence this afternoon.
Events leading up to the child being in the pool is still a matter for police investigation, however the family found the 5 year old [...]

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One person lost his life and two other had to be rescued from flood waters after a flash flood in the Soshanguve area at around midnight.
Netcare 911 paramedics and all the emergency services received frantic calls from local people in the area of Magopane road in the Soshanguve area that flood waters have rised and people were trapped on [...]

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A six-year-old girl drowned after falling into a Pretoria swimming pool late this afternoon.
The exact events in the lead up to the girl’s death will be the subject of Police investigation. It is thought that the child had been playing near the pool when disaster struck.
Mom noticed that the child was missing and went looking; [...]

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