SINGAPORE, June 21 — Two tourists from Singapore died after a canoeing accident at Crocodile River in South Africa on Sunday (June 18). They were part of 20 Singapore...
SINGAPORE, June 21 — Two tourists from Singapore died after a canoeing accident at Crocodile River in South Africa on Sunday .In a statement released yesterday, South African's National Sea Rescue Institute said that its Hartbeespoort Dam team, the Strategic Rescue Unit and the South African police had responded to an accident involving canoes along the Crocodile River at 2.42pm and there were casualties.
It added: “Despite extensive CPR efforts to the two patients, both the man and the woman were sadly declared deceased by paramedics.” “The tour operator is assisting the tourists and families of those affected in cooperation with the authorities,” it said.In response toqueries, a representative from a Singapore-based website The Travel Intern, which organised the tour, said that the accident happened on the second last day of the tour.
Among the 20 tourists from Singapore, 18 were participants in the tour and two were from the travel agency's arm.
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