NATIONAL NEWS - An 18-year-old boy from Cape Town has died after falling from a cliff at Nature’s Valley near Plettenberg Bay, despite an extensive multi-agency rescue operation.
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in Plettenberg Bay, rescue teams were activated at approximately 10:47am on Thursday, 18 December, following reports that a male had fallen from a cliff at Bull Se Baai, near the Ouma and Oupa caves in the Garden Route National Park.
NSRI deputy station commander Ross Badenhorst said crews responded immediately by road and sea, while multiple emergency services were placed on alert.
These included the South African Police Service (SAPS), ER24 ambulance services, Western Cape Government Health EMS, the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter, and Police Water Policing and Diving Services.
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