A search will resume this morning for a missing man after a boat overturned at Swansea yesterday (Saturday July 2024).
About 7.50pm yesterday, emergency services were called to Channel Street, Swansea, following reports of multiple people in the water after a small boat overturned.
On arrival, officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District were told three men – aged 23, 23 and 20 – had been pulled from the water at Dobinson Drive, Swansea, with one 23-year-old man still missing.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the three men at the scene, with one 23-year-old taken to hospital due to hypothermia.
The master of the boat, also aged 23, was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
A multi-agency search for the missing man was conducted with Marine Area Command, PolAir, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Fire and Rescue NSW in attendance, before being suspended due to poor light.
The search is expected to resume at 7am today (Sunday 7 July 2024).
Anyone with information into the incident is urged to call police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
