Three people hospitalised after almost drowning at two different Gold Coast beaches in two hours
A teenage girl, a women, and a man has been rushed to hospital after two separate near drownings on Gold Coast beachs this afternoon.
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THREE people have been rushed to hospitalised this afternoon after almost drowning in the surf at two separate Gold Coast beaches within two hours.
Paramedics were called to the rock wall near Snapper Rocks about 4pm this afternoon.
On arrival, they found two others needed to be treated, and believed they may have helped to pull the girl from the water.
A teenage girl and a woman in her 50s has been transported to Tweed Heads Hospital in the stable condition.
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Only an hour and a half earlier, a man was transported to hospital in a serious condition after almost drowning at Main Beach.
Emergency services received the call to the water, located off Breaker Street, about 2.30pm.
When paramedics arrived, they found surf lifesavers were treating two people and called on critical care paramedics and the High Acuity Response team.
The man who was pulled from the water was treated at the scene before being transported to Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious condition about 3pm.
The person who helped remove the man from the water was showing breathing difficulties and was treated by paramedics at the scene, but was not transported to hospital.
A Surf Life Saving spokesman said there is a few rips in the surf today and a lot of water movement as the tide comes in.
In total, three people have been hospitalised and two others have been treated on scene.