Tourist airlifted to hospital after nearly drowning on KZN north coast

A 40-year-old woman, believed to be Swiss, was in a stable condition after being swept out to sea by a rip current near Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal.The National Sea Rescue Institute responded to a “person in difficulty” near Cape Vidal, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday afternoon.

According to sources, a medical services helicopter was dispatched to pick up a foreign tourist - believed to be a Swiss - who showed “near drowning symptoms” about 4pm on Tuesday.“NSRI St Lucia and emergency services are on the scene near Cape Vidal St Lucia, where a female aged in her 40s, a tourist, had been involved in a non-fatal incident,” said Lambinon.

“The female is in the care of paramedics and in a stable condition, and due to be airlifted to hospital,” he added. According to a source on the scene, the woman was caught in a rip current at Cape Vidal's main beach and was swept out to sea.

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