{"id":44663,"date":"2026-03-08T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/ipss-medical-rescue-responded-to-a-tragic-drowning-incident-near-bongimfundo-primary-school\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:03:11","slug":"ipss-medical-rescue-responded-to-a-tragic-drowning-incident-near-bongimfundo-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/ipss-medical-rescue-responded-to-a-tragic-drowning-incident-near-bongimfundo-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"IPSS Medical Rescue responded to a tragic drowning incident near Bongimfundo Primary School."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this morning, IPSS Medical Rescue responded to a tragic drowning incident near Bongimfundo Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that a 9-year-old boy had been playing with a neighbour&rsquo;s child near a small dam in the area on Saturday evening when he reportedly fell into the water. The other child later alerted the family when the boy did not return home.<\/p>\n<p>A search was initiated during the night, and sadly the child was recovered from the water at approximately 04:00 this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all efforts, the child was declared deceased on scene.<\/p>\n<p>This tragic incident highlights the serious dangers that dams, rivers, and other open water sources pose, particularly to children.<\/p>\n<p>IPSS Medical Rescue extends our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and community during this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>0823 911 911<\/p>\n<p>IPSS Medical Rescue responded to a tragic drowning incident near Bongimfundo Primary School.https:\/\/t.co\/UrZQPd2YLo#ArriveAlive&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76679&#038;page=ipss-medical-rescue-responded-to-a-tragic-drowning-incident-near-bongimfundo-primary-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this morning, IPSS Medical Rescue responded to a tragic drowning incident near Bongimfundo Primary School. Reports indicate that a 9-year-old boy had been playing with a neighbour&rsquo;s child near a small dam in the area on Saturday evening when he reportedly fell into the water. The other child later alerted the family when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/648290527_925177649872269_5411230607406946634_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/648290527_925177649872269_5411230607406946634_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}