Young girl rushed to hospital with hypothermia after falling out of boat at Victor Harbor

A young girl and two men were rescued from freezing Victor Harbor waters when rough seas tipped them out of their boat on Friday night.

Three people were rescued after a boat capsized at Victor Harbor. Picture: Gary Juleff

A terrified young girl suffering hypothermia was rescued after rough seas tipped her and two other out of the boat she was in at Victor Harbor on Friday night.

The 11-year-old girl, her father Chris and his friend spent two hours adrift between Encounter Bay and Granite Island before being rescued by Victor Harbor Goolwa Sea Rescue at about 8pm.

The girl was taken to hospital for hypothermia and was otherwise unharmed.

Chris and his friend were not injured during the ordeal.

Police water operations were sent to retrieve the boat, but it washed up on a beach near Granite Island.

The young girl was carried to safety after the ordeal. Picture: Gary Juleff

She was later transported to hospital. Picture: Gary Juleff

The incident comes a day after an elderly man drowned when his boat capsized at Outer Harbor.

The alarm was raised about 6.15pm when their 15ft fibreglass boat crashed into rocks at the southern Outer Harbor breakwater.

Both occupants – a 77-year-old from Windsor Gardens and 66-year-old from Smithfield Plains – fell into the water.

They were spotted by the PolAir police helicopter and the 66-year-old was winched to safety.

He was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with chest injuries which are not life-threatening.

The 77-year-old man was found unresponsive, and his body was recovered by the Water Operations Unit a short time later.