AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2006
Tas:Fishermen were wearing life jackets - Police
Police says the three men who drowned .. after their fishing boat sank off Tasmania's
south-east coast .. were wearing life jackets.
Five people were on board the boat .. which was hit by a freak wave before it went
down off Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula just after 1 pm (AEST) today.
Police say the area where the accident occurred is dangerous and weather conditions
were bad at the time.
A rescue helicopter has taken the two survivors to Royal Hobart Hospital .. where they've
been treated for minor injuries.
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KEYWORD: DROWNED (MELBOURNE)
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