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Second near-drowning at Agnes Water in days

A rescue helicopter is responding to reports a man was pulled from the water unconscious at the same beach where another man was left in a critical condition this week.

A person has been pulled from the water after a reported drowning near Agnes Water in Queensland.
A person has been pulled from the water after a reported drowning near Agnes Water in Queensland.

A man has been pulled from the water after a near-drowning, the second of its kind at the same stretch of coast this week.

A Queensland Ambulance service spokesman said the man in his 60s was pulled from the water near Captain Cook Drive, Agnes Water at 10.11am.

He was in a stable condition and being treated for non-life-threatening injuries to his face.

A rescue helicopter has been sent to the scene with more details to be released soon.

It comes just days after a man in is 70s was pulled unconscious from the water at the same beach on Wednesday. 

He was flown to hospital in a critical condition.

More to come.

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