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Victorians have been warned to stay safe over the Australia Day long weekend as temperatures soar and the state marks its worst summer drowning toll on record.
A man in his 40s is the latest to die in Victorian waters after he, a woman and a teenage boy were thrown out of their tinnie off Darriman, in Victoria s east, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Terry Chandler drowned after his tinnie capsized at a beach in East Gippsland.
Credit:Nine News
The woman and teen were able to make it to shore, but 42-year-old Terry Chandler did not. He was found by the police air wing in waters off McLoughlins Beach, about 60 kilometres from Traralgon, but was unable to be revived.
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Victorians have been warned to stay safe over the Australia Day long weekend as temperatures soar and the state marks its worst summer drowning toll on record.
A man in his 40s is the latest to die in Victorian waters after he, a woman and a teenage boy were thrown out of their tinnie off Darriman, in Victoria s east, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Terry Chandler drowned after his tinnie capsized at a beach in East Gippsland.
Credit:Nine News
The woman and teen were able to make it to shore, but 42-year-old Terry Chandler did not. He was found by the police air wing in waters off McLoughlins Beach, about 60 kilometres from Traralgon, but was unable to be revived.
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Patrick Robert Dragon, 50, died on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at Hartford Hospital after a courageous battle against COVID-19.
He was born in Putnam, Conn., December 29, 1970, son of Robert and Ann Marie (Bernier) Dragon.
A lifelong resident of Brooklyn, Conn., Patrick was a 1989 graduate of Killingly High School. He was also a graduate of Norwich Technical School, having studied in the Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Program. For several years Patrick was an EMT with American Ambulance in Griswold, Conn. Patrick was a proud member of the 107th Training Troop and entered the Connecticut State Police Training Academy in January 1998. Upon graduation from the Academy, Patrick served his community as a patrol trooper at Troop D in Danielson, Conn., a Resident Trooper in the town of Sterling, Conn., and a Major Crime Unit Detective.
Two Newcastle beaches have been closed after multiple sharks were seen in the area.
Lifeguards using a drone camera spotted two sharks in waters just 20 metres off Nobby s Beach about 10am today.
Swimmers were directed to come into shore as authorities worked to determine if any other sharks were in the area.
Nobby s and Newcastle Beaches were closed today after three sharks were spotted just metres from shore.(9News)
Lifeguards used jetskis to usher the sharks out to sea.(9News)
Authorities say a third shark was sighted a short time later. They re perhaps an inquisitive type of shark and if you re in their territory they want to know why, Hunter Surf Life Saving President Henry Scruton said.