Injury onboard high speed boat:

KNYSNA Friday 13th January 2012.At 14h45 on Friday 13th January Knysna sea rescue duty crew were called out for a man injured onboard a high speed rigid inflatable boat, KNYSNA RIB ADVENTURES, 1.5 nautical miles off the Knysna Heads in a confused 3 meter choppy sea swell.Our NSRI volunteers launched COLORPRESS RESCUER and on arrival David Burdett, 47, from Sussex, England, who is on holiday in South Africa with family, was treated for a lower back injury. He was fully immobilized onto a trauma board, transferred onto our sea rescue craft and brought to our NSRI rescue base, before being transported to hospital in a ER 24 ambulance in a stable condition.It has been confirmed by the hospital that Mr. Burdett has suffered a fracture of a lower spinal vertebrae.