Authorities are searching for the owner of a boat found unoccupied off Windang Island near Warilla. The boat was discovered on Friday night, and a search involving multiple emergency services began. Police are investigating the possibility that the owner may have fallen overboard.
A boat was found unoccupied in waters at Windang Island near Warilla on Friday night. A vessel has been found floating unoccupied in waters south of Wollongong , with authorities continuing their search efforts to find the owner on Saturday. Emergency services, including Lake Illawarra Police, Marine Rescue NSW, Surf Life Saving and PolAir, launched a search for the owner, believed to be a man in his 60s.
His vehicle and empty boat trailer have been found in the Port Kembla boat ramp car park, about 15 minutes north of where the empty boat was found. Air and sea authorities searched until 1am on Saturday. Foot patrols of the shoreline were conducted overnight without success. Inspector Stewart Massey from Marine Rescue NSW said police are investigating the possibility that the owner may have fallen overboard. 'The police are doing their investigating work on that, there's an ongoing line of investigation that's happening on that. But we're out there assisting the police, doing what we do,' he told ABC Illawarra Radio
MISSING PERSON BOAT EMERGENCY SERVICES WINDANG ISLAND WOLLONGONG
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