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Two youngsters have been killed whereas being towed by a ship in northern NSW.
The boys, aged 13 and 14, have been on a waterway at Rushes Creek, northwest of Tamworth, after they collided with a tree about 5pm on Tuesday.
Individuals on the scene carried out CPR earlier than paramedics arrived however the youngsters couldn’t be revived, NSW Police mentioned on Wednesday.
The motive force of the boat — a person believed to be in his 70s — was taken to hospital for necessary testing.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The incident is certainly one of a number of lethal incidents on Australian waterways since Christmas.
5 individuals in Victoria and South Australia have drowned, together with a five-year-old woman who was pulled from Lake Nagambie on Tuesday.
Two sisters, aged 10 and 11, additionally narrowly escaped loss of life after being saved from a powerful present by cops and a very good Samaritan at St Kilda Seaside in Melbourne’s southeast on Boxing Day evening.
