Durban — Day two of the search for a missing KwaZulu-Natal toddler yielded no results for search-and-rescue teams.
On Tuesday morning, IPSS Medical Rescue’s search and rescue and SAPS returned to the scene to continue the search for the missing 2-year-old boy.
IPSS Medical Rescue managing director Dylan Meyrick said: “The search for the missing boy has been suspended. SAPS will be investigating the matter further and, hopefully, with more information we can continue the search.”
On Monday, the Daily News reported that search-and-rescue teams were withdrawn for the night after conducting aerial and ground searches to find the toddler.
Meyrick said IPSS Medical Search and Rescue units were in Glendale, helping SAPS K9 Search and Rescue units in the search for a missing 2-year-old.
He said the toddler, Ibongwe Ntanga, had been missing since about 7am on Monday morning.
“He was last seen in a black and white shirt, green long pants and light blue Crocs.”
Meyrick said IPSS had several units searching the area along with the K9 unit and a volunteer helicopter from Budal Air was assisting with the search from the air.
Meyrick said that search-and-rescue teams were withdrawn for the night. Detectives from SAPS were investigating the circumstances of the disappearance.
This is a developing story.
In October, IPSS Medical Search and Rescue was called out to the same area after reports that a motorcycle rider had gone missing.
After several hours, the search was called off because of bad weather and the dangerous terrain.
The man’s body was found by volunteers early the next morning.
Daily News