Paramedics say they responded at about 11.30am to reports of a drowning at Jabula Beach in St Lucia.
A 14-year-old teenager drowned after she apparently got into difficulty while swimming at St Lucia on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Saturday, paramedics said.
According to reports from the scene, a 14-year-old girl swimming with friends at the time “had difficulty swimming and became submerged”.
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