Vic: Teenage boy drowns in bay

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2009
Vic: Teenage boy drowns in bay

A teenage boy's drowned at an inner city Melbourne beach.

Police say the 15-year-old boy from Braybrook in Melbourne's west was pulled out of
the water at Albert Park beach this afternoon after bystanders saw him floating in the
water.

Fire crews and ambulance officers tried unsuccessfully to revive the boy and he was
taken to The Royal Childrens Hospital but did not regain consciousness.

It's believed the boy had been swimming with friends and the death is not considered suspicious.

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KEYWORD: DROWN (MELBOURNE)

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