A 60-year-old man and a woman from Melbourne have died after being pulled from the water at a beach in Far East Gippsland.
Key points:Paramedics arrived but the pair died at the sceneThe married couple, a 60-year-old man and a woman, got into trouble at Bastion Point, Mallacoota, more than 500 kilometres east of Melbourne, on the border with New South Wales.The couple were from Melbourne, visiting their mother and mother-in-law in Mallacoota.Police are now preparing a report for the coroner.
East Gippsland Police Service divisional commander Mark Edwards said Mallacoota police arrived at the scene about 3:40pm.He said witnesses told them the couple were swimming and bodysurfing in the water, before the man called out for help."They were floating face-down in the water after a short period of time and the people managed to get them onto shore and commence CPR but unfortunately both the man and the lady passed away.
Bastion Point is labelled moderately hazardous by Surf Life Saving Australia, whose website states it is one of the most dangerous entrances on the east coast and offers little protection to boats. The deaths bring the state's drowning toll to 11 people this summer, according to Life Saving Victoria.
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