Several Paramedics & Reaction Officers were expedited to a scene in Tea Estate – Kwazulu Natal this morning (Tuesday) after a baby believed to be alive was found in a big bag.
The Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Operations Center received the call for assistance at 08:34 providing a vague location off the main road approx seven kilometres from the Verulam CBD.
The caller informed the Controller on Duty that three men with five five dogs were sifting through bin bags for recycling material when they discovered a baby dumped on a dirt road. They fled the area and reported the find to neighbours who immediately contacted Reaction Unit SA.
Paramedics and Reaction Officers converged on the area and after a brief search located the scene. A new born baby girl was found in a black big bag. Paramedics found that the baby was unresponsive and declared her deceased at 09:07.
Reaction Officers are attempting to track the mother.
Newborn baby found dead in a binbag in KZN https://t.co/dlQ4uFANNr#ArriveAlive #Newborn #Deceased #Binbag #KZN @ReactionUnitSA pic.twitter.com/rlaHC55cOV
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 25, 2024
Crime scene of newborn girl found deceased in Tea Estate https://t.co/uSARDh0g2C#ArriveAlive #Newborn #Deceased @ReactionUnitSA pic.twitter.com/IkcVE69We1
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 25, 2024
