Two people pulled from water after boat overturns in Central Queensland
A man has died after the boat he was skippering with a passenger on board overturned in a popular Queensland waterway.
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A man has died in a Central Queensland boating tragedy after the vessel he was skippering overturned on a popular waterway.
Emergency crews were called to Gladstone’s Trevor Laver Boat Ramp, on Gladstone Benaraby Road, at 10.13am today.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said two people were pulled from the water after their boat overturned.
“We received reports that a boat had overturned and was sinking,” the QAS spokeswoman said.
“There’s one patient that’s stable and uninjured.
“We’ve got (another) patient with life-threatening injuries — they were pulled from the water unresponsive.”
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said an 80-year-old Gladstone man, who was skippering the boat, had died at the scene.
“The boat overturned in the water,” she said.
The police spokeswoman said the skipper’s 48-year-old man passenger was not injured.
She said CPR was conducted at the scene.
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