Search continues for man missing after boat capsized at Umgababa beach
Police search and rescue teams were busy on the KZN south coast on Tuesday.
They're looking for the last remaining occupant of a boat that capsized 20 metres out at the Umgababa beach this morning.
Four men were onboarding the inflatable fishing vessel in the midst of the sardine run when the incident occurred.
Lifeguards managed to save three of them, but once back on land, the boat skipper, Goolam Essack, collapsed.
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He was declared dead at the scene.
Members of the National Sea Rescue Institute were there.
"eThekwini lifeguards launched surf rescue craft and conducted extensive search efforts for the missing man in and beyond the surf zone,” says spokesperson Craig Lambinon.
“Despite an extensive air, sea and shoreline search, there remain no signs of the missing man."
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