WESTERN CAPE. – Three people have died after five workers from a vessel went missing under the water near Mossel Bay on Wednesday. The bodies of two men and a woman were recovered from the water.
AO Christopher Spies, police spokesperson, confirmed to Nuusflits emergency services responded to an emergency on board the vessel at approximately 10:30. It was later established that five workers had gone missing in the water, after which a search and rescue operation involving various disciplines was launched. The bodies of two men and a woman were recovered from the water.
Two of the bodies were transported by air to George. All three were declared dead. Mossel Bay police have opened an inquest dossier.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
