{"id":294923,"date":"2025-11-30T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T08:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/nog-n-tiener-verdrink-aan-weskus\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T14:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:56:22","slug":"nog-n-tiener-verdrink-aan-weskus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/nog-n-tiener-verdrink-aan-weskus\/","title":{"rendered":"Saldanha in rou n\u00e1 verdrinking van 15-jarige seun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saldanhabaai<\/strong> \u2013 \u2019n Groep tieners van Diazville is in rou n\u00e1 \u2019n traumatiese voorval op Saterdag 29 November toe hul 15-jarige vriend, Christiano van Rheenen, in die gevaarlike waters van die Atlantiese Oseaan meegesleur is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019n Uitgebreide soektog is vroeg die middag begin en omstreeks 18:20 is sy liggaam deur die Nasionale Seereddingsinstituut (NSRI) opgemerk. Die soektog het bestaan uit \u2019n gesamentlike span van die Saldanha-seegrenseenheid, openbare-orde-polisie van Vredenburg, die rampbestuur-afdeling, wetstoepassing van die Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit, asook West Coast Medical Rescue en EMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weens sterk windtoestande moes die NSRI die liggaam na Peperbaai vervoer, waar dit omstreeks 19:20 aan die polisie se patologie-eenheid oorhandig is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wyle Christiano van Rheenen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Groot skok vir tienervriende op die strand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Die voorval het \u2019n diep emosionele impak op die tieners gehad wat saam met Van Rheenen op die strand was. EMS-mediese personeel het die kinders op die toneel vir skok behandel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joey Pieters, ko\u00f6rdineerder van die Saldanhabaai-veiligheidsinisiatief (SBSI), het vir die groep gebid en ondersteunende woorde met hulle gedeel. Kapt. Joseph Olifant het die geleentheid gebruik om ouers en voogde te herinner aan die gevare van die kuslyn en die noodsaak van toesig, veral in die feesseisoen wanneer jongmense meer tyd by strande deurbring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol Feris van rampbestuur het ges\u00ea sy is bekommerd oor die emosionele nagevolge vir die kinders wat die ongeluk aanskou het. Traumaberading is Sondagoggend by die Saldanha-polisiekantoor aan hulle verskaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ons diepste meegevoel, gedagtes en gebede is met die oorledene se familie, vriende en gemeenskap gedurende hierdie moeilike tyd<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Die polisie ondersoek die voorval. Geen gemene spel word vermoed nie, aangesien Van Rheenen geen sigbare beserings gehad het nie en slegs in \u2019n kortbroek geklee was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vorige verdrinkings in die streek<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Die tragedie volg n\u00e1 twee onlangse verdrinkings in die Weskus-streek:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Danielle van Wyk (25) se verdrinking op 7 Oktober by Tietiesbaai, Paternoster.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rosco Erasmus (13), wat op 26 September by Rooibaai in Laaiplek, Velddrif verdrink het.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Amper-verdrinking naby Langebaan-seiljaklub<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Op Sondagoggend 30 November moes dieselfde nooddienste weer hul hulp verleen \u2014 di\u00e9 keer n\u00e1 \u2019n amper-verdrinking naby die Langebaan-seiljagklub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Volgens Elowayne Gouws van West Coast Medical Rescue was die pasi\u00ebnt by sy bewussyn toe hulle op die toneel aankom. Hy en sy vriende was glo besig om garnale te pomp toe die boot waarin hulle was op \u2019n sandbank vasgesit het. Met die inkomende hoogwater het die boot losgespoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Die groep het agter die boot aangeswem, maar gesukkel om weer aan boord te kom. Die seegrenseenheid het die pasi\u00ebnt uiteindelik van die boot afgehaal en na die oewer van die strandmeer gebring. Daar is hy vir tekens van verkluiming behandel voordat hy na \u2019n hospitaal in Vredenburg vervoer is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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