Tragic update after horror boat crash
A teenage girl is dead after two small aluminium boats collided in Sydney’s south on Friday morning.
Paramedics were called to the Grays Point boat ramp, about 30km south of Sydney’s CBD, about 10.30am following reports a 16-year-old girl was seriously injured in a crash involving two boats.
A NSW Ambulance spokesman said the teenager was pulled from the water before a Toll Ambulance rescue chopper winched in a doctor and critical care paramedic to assist her.
“She was transported by road to St George Hospital in a critical condition,” he said.
NSW Police said she died in hospital.
Two 16-year-old boys were also taken to the hospital for mandatory testing.
It’s understood members of the public found her face down in the water and performed CPR on the teenager until the paramedics arrived.
Distraught family and friends, understood to have also been on the boat with the injured girl, were comforted by police and paramedics at the scene.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are not yet known and police are investigating.
The vessels have been seized for examination and an investigation into the circumstance surrounding this incident has commenced.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
