Two teenage cousins have been killed in a boating accident while on a family holiday near Tamworth. It's another tragedy in our waters that's prompted an urgent appeal from NSW surf lifesavers who've made 150 rescues today. tiffgenders 9News MORE:
Two cousins have been killed in a boating accident in NSW's New England region, with their grandfather at the controls when the teenage girls hit a submerged tree.The 13 and 14-year-old girls were tubing behind a boat when they slammed into a the tree stump late yesterday afternoon.The 13 and 14-year-old girls were tubing behind a boat when they slammed into a the tree stump late yesterday afternoon.
A distraught Dale Jenner among locals who tried to save the teens and comfort their "devastated" grandfather, who was the skipper. "We didn't see it but I knew they were in trouble when they were in between the trees and the girls we saw on the tube weren't on the tube anymore," he said.NSW Police Detective Superintendent Bruce Grassick said the boat was seized and will be examined.A total of eight people have died in water-related accidents.That's compared with a total of 900 people saved in the entire month of December last year.
"We heard over the radio that our volunteer lifesavers were refusing to vacate the beach at the closure at 6pm," Steven Pearce from Surf Lifesaving NSW, said.Emergency services are also searching for a manPost-Christmas heatwave brings back scorching Aussie summer
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