A person has died after 5 individuals had been swept into the water off Sydney’s northern seashores earlier this month, sparking an enormous multi-agency rescue operation.
Emergency providers had been referred to as to North Curl Curl Beach about 4.50pm on August 6 following a number of calls to triple-0 that 5 individuals had been swept out to sea in a rip.
A multi-agency response was launched involving Surf Life Saving Club members, Water Police and officers from Northern Beaches Police Area Command.
Five helicopters had been additionally concerned within the operation, together with a life saver helicopter, Toll ambulance helicopter, the Channel 9 helicopter, and two Polair helicopters.
When police arrived, two males and a lady had already made their approach out of the water.
The Toll ambulance helicopter landed in a close-by reserve with a medical crew transported to the scene.
A 21-year-old man was rescued by surf membership members in an inflatable rescue boat.
The man was handled on the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics earlier than being taken to Northern Beaches Hospital in a critical however steady situation.
A 22-year-old man was unresponsive when he was winched from the water by the life saver helicopter shortly after 5pm.
Paramedics and an on-board physician from the Toll helicopter administered CPR to the person earlier than he was transported to Northern Beaches Hospital in a essential situation.
The man died on Friday whereas in hospital.
Police will put together a report for the coroner.
Originally printed as 22yo man dies in hospital after 5 caught in rip
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
