A 55-year old Port Elizabeth man died, after he fell into a gully at Lookout near Noordhoek while fishing off the rocks on Saturday.
NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon says two friends were fishing from rocks when one of them fell into a gully and it is suspected the fall may have been because of medical reasons.
"NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander and crew, who were nearby to the scene at the time, responded and on arrival on the scene, recovered the man from a rock pool and initiated Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation", he said.
"They were joined by paramedics and Advanced Life Support resuscitation efforts were applied, but sadly, after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted, he was declared deceased", Lambinon said.
Police have opened an inquest docket and the body of the man has been taken into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services.
