Missing Comrades runner found after 15 hours, airlifted to hospital

CapeTalk’s Clarence Ford catches up on the latest viral news with Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman.

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The 57-year-old runner from Kommetjie, Cape Town, went missing after completing the Comrades Marathon.

Handing was recorded crossing the finish line just before 5 pm on Sunday. 

Following a wide-scale search, News24 reports that she was found on Monday morning, 15 hours later, nearly 7 km away near the National Sea Rescue Institute Base at Point Road. 

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“She was apparently meant to meet up with her family and friends at the Pinetown Tent after she finished.

– Barbara Friedman

An ambulance was called, and she was airlifted to the hospital.