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Ryan Fahey

Enormous 'freak wave' kills three people including teen as 17 injured in South Africa

Three people were killed and another 17 injured after a monster wave crashed into South Africa's coastal city of Durban on Sunday.

The Emergency Medical Services "responded to reports of a freak wave that swept a group of beachgoers against the pier causing multiple injuries," EMS spokesman Njabulo Dlungele said.

"Unfortunately three people, including a teenager, were declared deceased at the scene."

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