Three die in dam tragedy
By TMG Editor - 10 November 2014
AN outing ended tragically yesterday when three people – two of them children – drowned in the George Dam.
The victims were a man aged 26, a girl aged 13 and a nine-year-old boy.
A National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesman said the Wilderness NSRI crew were called to the dam at 1.50pm to assist police.
"The sea rescue craft conducted a surface search while rescue swimmers did free dive searches in an effort to find the three who had reportedly disappeared under water.
"[We] managed to recover three bodies."
The spokesman said the victims, all from George, were declared dead on the scene.
The names have not yet been released.
Police have opened an inquest docket. – Alvené du Plessis
