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Three dead, search under way after northern NSW boating tragedy
Three people died after a hunt and one to rescue The boat sent to help him ran into trouble in difficult conditions in the north N.S.W coast.
A member of the Republic called emergency services at around 6.15pm to report a yacht was having trouble at the South Ballina breakwater.
Police said Marine Rescue NSW crew responded but their boat rolled while crossing the Ballina bar in “heavy conditions” and it was believed the yacht sank.
Police said three people died and four reached shore, but it was unclear how many were on the yacht.
Water police and general duty officers are at the scene as Marine Area Command coordinates a search operation, aided by the AMSAR Challenger aircraft and the Westpac rescue helicopter from Lismore.
Paramedics checked the four people who reached shore, but police said none of them had life-threatening injuries.
