EMS teams, together with the police and specialist aquatic rescue teams, were dispatched to the Jukskei and the Sand River to recover the bodies of a group of congregants who drowned during a baptism at the weekend.
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg emergency management services who went on a search-and-recovery operation at the Jukskei River on Tuesday said that they feared their resources would be stretched thin.
“The first team, it’s along 8th Avenue and the other one is at 12th Avenue. After they’re done there, they’ll move towards the N1. We’re just making sure that we’re clearing up the whole stream. We came there to update our residents that we have not yet recovered anybody at this stage. Maybe, hopefully, by the end of the day we might have positive feedback,” said the EMS’ Johannesburg spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi.
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