Worst Christmas drownings in nearly 20 years
A flurry of summer drownings followed Tuesday after a five-year-old girl was pulled from water in Nagamby, north-central Victoria.
The child, from Wendley in the western part of the state, was reported missing around 2:20pm near Lake Nagambie after being with family, according to Victoria Police.
Lake Nagambie in north-central Victoria.credit:Scott McNaughton
A short time later, relatives found her in the water and took her to a bank where emergency services performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A child dies at the scene and the police prepare a report for the coroner.
Bright, smiling and passionate soccer player Nick Mahnaged 17, died on Boxing Day Unresponsiveness found off the coast of Mordiarok Beachlocated in the southeast of Melbourne after a quick search.
St Albans teenagers too Died on Christmas Day near Lorne On the Great Ocean Road after getting into trouble while bodysurfing with two other young men on an unpatrolled beach near the mouth of the Cumberland River.
A man in his 30s was also pulled from Lake Hume in northeast Victoria by onlookers after he developed suspicious symptoms while driving his dog into the water, Victoria Police said.
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