Police have released dramatic footage of a marine rescue in Queensland, where a man was found clinging to the side of a sunken boat after it overturned off the coast of a small town.
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Hervey Bay Water Police were called to Tin Can Bay, a small town near Gympie in the Wide Bay Burnett region, to reports a “small tender vessel” had become submerged in a river.
Dramatic video of the rescue shared by police on Saturday, showed the man clinging to the tip of a boat which was mostly underwater.
A 61-year-old man was found by Hervey Bay Water Police clinging to the side of a sunken boat in waters off the coast of regional Queensland. Picture: Queensland Police.
Footage released by police shows officers reaching for the man’s hand and pulling him to safety. Picture: Queensland Police.
Police, with the help of an officer from Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol, can be seen in the video reaching for the man’s hand and pulling him to safety on board the police boat.
“Officers administered first aid and transported him to the Snapper Creek Boat Ramp,” police said in a statement.
The man was treated for hypothermia and taken to Gympie Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The man was treated for hypothermia and taken to Gympie Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Picture: Queensland Police.
Authorities also managed to pull the man’s small vessel out of the water. Picture: Queensland Police.
Authorities also managed to pull the man’s small vessel out of the water.
Police said the incident is still being investigated.
Anyone with information for police can contact Policelink online or call 131 444.