Emergency services retrieve man’s body from Pioneer River
Emergency services have retrieved a man’s body from a Queensland river after he died following a medical incident on a boat.
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Emergency services have retrieved a man’s body from the Pioneer River in Mackay after he died following a medical incident on a boat.
QFES has deployed from the River Street boat ramp about 10am.
A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics responded to a medical incident on Palm Street, Mackay about 8.48am.
The River St boat ramp is closed with police moving on spectators at the facility who are watching the six-metre king tide.
More to come.
Originally published as Emergency services retrieve man’s body from Pioneer River
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