The 19-year-old was bodysurfing with two others when they encountered trouble in the water.
Credit:A teenager has drowned and two other men have been hospitalised after running into trouble in dangerous surf.
The three were bodysurfing at Cumberland River Beach, just south of Lorne on Victoria's Surf Coast, when one got into difficulty just before 6pm on Sunday night.Australia's beach safety signs are only written in English. Could writing them in other languages save lives?An off-duty Victorian police officer and a bystander tried to help before police and Surf Life Rescue performed CPR.A 20-year-old man was airlifted to The Alfred hospital where he is believed to be in a stable condition.
The 25-year-old man was taken by road to Geelong University Public Hospital where he is also understood to be stable.Police are preparing a report for the coroner. Nationally, 141 people drowned between June last year and July this year - the highest number since 2004. In Victoria, 53 people died during the 2021-22 financial year. The drowning rate of 0.81 per 100,000 people is still 18 per cent higher than the 10-year average.
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