An off-duty police sergeant who drowned at an unpatrolled New South Wales beach on New Year’s Day was saving his teenage son who had become stuck in a riptide.
The 45-year-old, who was off-duty at the time of the incident, died after successfully rescuing his teenage son who was caught in a riptide at Bogola Beach, on the state’s south coast.
Emergency services were called to the scene south of Narooma at about 1:30pm on January 1, following reports a man was pulled from the water unconscious. The 45-year-old off-duty officer died after successfully rescuing a teenager caught in a riptide at Bogola Beach on the state’s south coast. Picture: Google MapsNSW Police acting inspector Paul Hoyer said the incident was"devastating".
“From what I understand, he was able to push his son out of the rip, and was then he was obviously taken further out to sea in the rip,” he told a press conference on Monday. “This is a tragedy that will cut through his family, his friends, his workmates. It’s devastating. As a father, a parent and as a police officer, he’s obviously doing what he should be doing.”
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