Tourist drowns at North Burleigh Beach
Paramedics frantically tried to save a tourist who drowned during a swim at a Gold Coast beach this morning.
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A Queensland holiday has come to a horror end for an international tourist who drowned at a popular Gold Coast beach this morning.
The man, 59, had been alone, taking an early morning swim at North Burleigh around 7am when he found himself in trouble near the North Burleigh Surf Life Saving Club.
He was pulled from the water unconscious before paramedics worked desperately to save his life, however he could not be revived.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed the man was not taken to hospital.
Police said they have spoken with the man’s family and will prepare a report for the coroner.
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It follows a near-drowning in Surfers Paradise last night where a man in his 30s swallowed water while caught in a rip at the beach.
The man was pulled from the water by Nutri-grain ironwoman series runner-up Maddy Dunn, who was working at Northcliffe Surf Club when the alert was raised at around 6.15pm.
The man was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.