Frank Wetie, a 30-year-old Cameroonian national drowned at Sept Cascade, Henrietta, Vacoas on Saturday morning, May 20. The man, who resided at Avenue Ollier, Quatre-Bornes, had arrived in Mauritius on Tuesday 28 March this year. He was working for the company Accenture on a two-year contract.
After his body was recovered from the fourth basin of Sept Cascade, he was airlifted to the Jawaharlall Nehru Hospital in Rose Belle before being taken to the Victoria Mortuary in Candos for an autopsy. The autopsy, conducted by Dr Sheila Jankee-Parsad, Principal Police Medical Officer, attributed his death to asphyxiation due to drowning.
The victim had been hiking in Seven Cascades with two other Accenture nationals. They were accompanied by a guide.
An investigation has been launched at the Vacoas police station to shed light on the exact circumstances of this tragedy.
