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Riverview man dies in marine incident

December 22, 2022 6:28 am in by

A man has died following a vessel overturning in waters off Cleveland Wednesday morning.

Initial information suggests at approximately 11.30am, two adult men and a 14-year-old girl were on the vessel, a 4.6m runabout, when it overturned and sunk.

The alarm was raised by a member of the public who saw one of the men holding onto an esky in waters off Shore Street North.

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One of the men and the girl swam to shore and were transported to hospital.

A 45-year-old Riverview man died at the scene.

Redland Bay Water Police recovered the vessel.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner, police say there is no further information available.  

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