{"id":49393,"date":"2023-06-23T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/vlugtende-19-jarige-verdrink-20230621\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T00:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:13:29","slug":"vlugtende-19-jarige-verdrink-20230621","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/vlugtende-19-jarige-verdrink-20230621\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlugtende 19-jarige verdrink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2019nJong man van Worcester was vandeesweek die slagoffer van die meesleurende oorstromings wat die vallei getref het nadat hy vir sy lewe gevlug en die rivier probeer oorsteek het om \u2019n gewelddadige aanval te ontduik.<\/p>\n<p>Die 19-jarige Clinton Jansen van Riverview se lyk is die afgelope Sondag (18 Junie) om 17:20 in die Breederivier naby Johnsonspark in Worcester gevind. <\/p>\n<p>Volgens AO Grant Stynder, \u2019n woordvoerder van die Worcester-polisie, is die polisie die middag gekontak deur die publiek wat gesien het hoe manne drie ander mans agternasit \u2013 in die rigting van die Breederivier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolgens getuies was drie mans [te voet] op pad na Roodewal van Riverview af deur Hexpark. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToe die mans by Hexpark kom, is hulle deur ander mans gejaag,\u201d volgens Stynder.<\/p>\n<p>Die voorval het die drie genoop om na die Breederivier te hardloop en die oorvol rivier aan te durf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAl drie mans het in die rivier gespring, maar slegs twee het aan die ander kant uitgekom,\u201d het Stynder ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p>Die derde man het verdrink.<\/p>\n<p>Di\u00e9 voorval het omstreeks 15:30 plaasgevind.<\/p>\n<p>Worcester se ER24-ambulansdienste asook die plaaslike brandweer is ontbied om te help om die lyk uit die rivier te haal.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens \u2019n bron na aan die familie was die voorval bendeverwant, maar hy het ontken dat Clinton \u2019n lid van \u2019n bende was.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens die familielid het Clinton en twee ander mans \u201cin die deel bekend as die hokke\u201d gesit en gesels toe hulle deur drie ander mans aangeval is.<\/p>\n<p>Hulle het in die rigting van die Breederivier gevlug om die aanval te ontduik, maar dit het lelik skeefgeloop.<\/p>\n<p>Die rivier was aansienlik sterker as wat verwag is en stormweer het gewoed.<\/p>\n<p>\n <span>Standard<\/span> het ook na een van die twee mans wat saam met Jansen gevlug het, uitgereik.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens hom het hy en sy vriende by die \u201cP-blok\u201d gesels, waarna hul deur \u201cBloedrivier\u201d geloop en daar agtergekom het hulle word agtervolg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToe ons by die veld kom, het die manne geskree ons moet stil staan, maar toe kom daar \u2019n hele <i>team <\/i>van 11 of 12 mense aangehardloop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jansen en sy vriende het toe in die rigting van die rivier gehardloop en besluit om deur dit na die ander kant te stap. 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