Two die in separate weekend boating tragedies
One man has died, and two people have been rescued after a boat sank off Queensland’s far north coast.
Jun 12, 2023, updated May 22, 2025
An aerial view of Batt Reef off Port Douglas.
An air and sea rescue was launched after reports of a vessel taking on water near Batt Reef, about 30km east of Port Douglas, about 10pm on Sunday.
Rescuers found an upturned vessel two hour later and pulled a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old man from the water.
The body of a 54-year-old Napranum man was also recovered.
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Police are investigating the incident.
The tragedy follows the death of a man in his 60s killed when his small boat crashed into a bridge pylon at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.
The crash happened about 12.25am on Sunday at the Brisbane Road bridge.
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