NSW Police say the Lennox Head man was trying to rescue his daughter after she was swept out on a bodyboard at Seven Mile Beach.
NSW Police said the man was trying to rescue his daughter at Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Head.abc.net.au/news/man-drowns-seven-mile-beach-lennox-heads-nsw-rescuing-daughter/101870318A 45-year-old man from Lennox Head has drowned while attempting to save his daughter when she was swept out in the surf on the New South Wales far north coast.
NSW Police said the man was in shallow water with his wife and their three children at the unpatrolled Seven Mile Beach at Lennox Head yesterday evening. The couple's 11-year-old daughter was swept out to sea on her bodyboard, NSW Police said, and the man swam out to help her but neither of them could manage to get back to shore.
The man's wife then swam out and was able to get their daughter back to the beach and alert authorities that her husband was still in the water.Jimmy Keogh from Surf Life Saving NSW said young lifesavers training nearby retrieved the man. "They managed to recover the 45-year-old that was submerged in the water and bring him to shore," he said.NSW Ambulance paramedics performed CPR on the man but were unable to revive him and he died at the scene.A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
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