Family dies in waterfall plunge
2012-12-31 12:13
Johannesburg - A family of three died when they fell 30m
down the Rietfontein waterfall in Mpumulanga, Beeld reported on Monday.
The mother and father, who were childhood sweethearts, as
well as their only daughter, aged 13, were on holiday when they tried to cross
the river at the top of the waterfall, on a farm 5km outside Sabie, on Friday.
The family, from Benoni, were apparently walking
hand-in-hand when one person slipped, causing them to all fall down the edge of
the 30m waterfall.
A farmworker spotted the mother's body in the late
afternoon.
Police divers found the daughter's body around midnight.
The father was found on Saturday.
They had all sustained serious head injuries.
Karen Steyn, the father's cousin, said they died together
"because one would not live without the other".
Beeld named the family as Pieter and Adele Prinsloo and
their daughter Shante.
- SAPA
