Man rushed to hospital after being pulled from surf at Noosa Heads
Paramedics have rushed a man to hospital after he was pulled from the surf at a popular Noosa beach.
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A man has been rushed to hospital after he was pulled from the surf at Noosa on Monday morning.
Emergency services were called to Claude Batten Drive, Noosa Heads around 8.30am, after a man was pulled from the surf near Main Beach.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the man was rushed to Noosa Hospital in a serious condition.
“The man aged in his 60s was taken to Noosa Hospital in a serious condition following the post-immersion incident,” she said.
It comes after a 44-year-old man died after he was pulled from the water at Cotton Tree Beach, Maroochydore over the weekend.
Sunshine Coast Lifesaving Services coordinator Shane Urban described the drowning as a tragedy.
“Any drowning is always a tragedy because it impacts on family and also the people involved with the follow up to the incident,” he said.
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