2 men drown in separate Australian Boxing Day incidents

27/12/2024 16:36

Two men have drowned in separate incidents in Australia on Boxing Day.



In a statement, police in the Australian state of New South Wales said that emergency services responded to reports that members of the public were performing CPR on a man who had been pulled from the water at a beach in Kiama, 90 km south of Sydney, at 5:00pm local time on Thursday.



Local police officers attended the scene and assisted in CPR efforts until ambulance crews arrived, NSW Police said on Friday, but the man could not be revived and died at the scene.



The 52-year-old was swimming with an 18-year-old male relative when they became caught in a rip, a strong current that pulls out to sea.



"Several members of the public entered the surf and removed the pair from the water. The 18-year-old man was uninjured," NSW Police said.



Hours earlier in the state of Victoria, a man who has not yet been identified drowned after falling out of a kayak into the water at Balnarring Beach, 65 km south of Melbourne, at 1:00 pm.