An off-duty NSW police officer has drowned in a riptide after saving a 14-year-old boy who got stuck in the current at an unpatrolled beach on the south coast.
Emergency services were called after the 45-year-old became caught in a riptide at Bongola Beach.
Emergency services were called after the 45-year-old became caught in a riptide at Bongola Beach, south of Narooma, at about 1.30 pm on New Year's Day. NSW Police confirmed the man who died was an off-duty officer. Local police will prepare a report for the coroner.NSW savers rescue 1,000, drownings mount
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