Mortuary awaits divers' bodies
13/01/2005 15:01  - (SA)  

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Bloemfontein The bodies of divers Dave Shaw and Deon Dreyer, retrieved from the Boesmansgat cave near Daniëlskuil, have been taken to the state mortuary in Bloemfontein for post mortem examinations.

Free State chief pathologist professor Jan Botha on Thursday confirmed that the exmainations would start as soon as the bodies arrive.

"The results of the post mortems could be available in a week to ten days," Botha said.

Australian diver Dave Shaw went missing in Boesmansgat, the world's third deepest freshwater cave, on Saturday.

He had been trying to recover the body of South African Deon Dreyer, a diver who drowned in the cave while diving there in 1994.

Dreyer's body had been lying at a depth of 270m at the bottom of the cave.

Police spokesperson Ernst Strydom says Shaw's equipment probably got entangled with Dreyer's diving gear.

 

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