A man’s body has been found at a lake in Melbourne’s outer east, in the latest apparent case of a paddle-boarding misadventure. 7NEWS
The police air wing, water police, search and rescue divers and State Emergency Service searched the lake and found the man’s body just before 9pm last night.It comes after four teenagers survived after being swept from one side of Port Phillip Bay to the other on two inflatable paddle boards in December.
Royal Lifesaving Australia CEO Justin Scarr says the drowning trends this year were “deeply concerning”. “The heatwave in February also caused a spike in drowning, with 17 per cent of all drowning deaths over summer attributable to that six-day period.”
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