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Two men have died in separate incidents after their bodies were pulled from water unconscious from northern NSW beaches on Sunday.
Just before 4.45pm on Sunday April 4, 2021, emergency services were called to a beach at a campground, off Illaroo Road, at Minnie Water, east of Grafton, after reports a surfer had been found unconscious in the water.
Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District attended along with NSW Ambulance paramedics and Westpac Rescue Helicopter, where they found a 48-year-old man being supported in the surf by others after he was found unconscious.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter’s critical care paramedic was winched into the surf where the man was recovered and taken back into the helicopter. However after being flown to waiting NSW Ambulance paramedics on the headland the man failed to respond to resuscitations efforts and was sadly declared dead at the scene.
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A man has died after he was pulled from the ocean on the Mid North Coast this afternoon. Just before 3pm (Sunday 7 March 2021), emergency services were.