Two dead, one fighting for life in Seventeen Seventy drowning tragedy
A man and a teenager have died and a third person is fighting for life after a horror drowning at a beach in central Queensland.
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Two people have died and another is fighting for life after a drowning tragedy in central Queensland.
A teenage boy and two men, aged 46 and 37, were swept out to sea while swimming at Round Hill Head in Seventeen Seventy, near Gladstone, on Sunday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 2.17pm.
All three were pulled from the water but the 46-year-old man and the teenager died at the scene, the Queensland Ambulance Service has confirmed.
The 37-year-old man suffered a significant head injury and was flown to Bundaberg Hospital in a critical condition.
It has been reported the trio and other members of their family were visiting the popular spot while on holiday, as per 9News.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Originally published as Two dead, one fighting for life in Seventeen Seventy drowning tragedy
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