A fisherman is missing and another was rescued after they fell off a commercial fishing vessel at St Lucia, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday.
Jan Hoffman, station commander of the National Sea Rescue Institute at St Lucia, said the fishermen went overboard at about 7am at Mapelane Bay.
"On arrival on the scene, it was determined that the two local fishermen had been ejected off the boat into the surf line.He was safe on the beach, where NSRI medics treatedHoffman said the life jacket and raincoat of the missing fisherman had been recovered during the search, but there was no sign of him."Police have opened an investigation and police search and rescue are continuing the search.
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