AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-1998
FED: Three children drown at north coast beach
SYDNEY, Dec 14 AAP - Three children drowned and one is in a serious but stable condition
after being caught in a rip at a beach at the mid-north coast town of Pacific Palms, south of
Forster, today.
The accident happened when six children were caught in a rip after being swept off a
sandbar by a wave.
An ambulance spokesman said the Westpac lifesaver helicopter was transporting a 12-year-old
child to Manning Base hospital in Taree in a serious but stable condition.
The other two other children were uninjured, the ambulance spokesman said.
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KEYWORD: DROWN LEAD
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