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Man’s body recovered from Murray River at Barooga
A man’s body has been recovered from the Murray River in the State’s south today.
About 1.00pm (Tuesday 26 January 2021) emergency services were called to Thompsons Beach on the Murray River near Cobram/Barooga, after reports a man got into difficulties whilst swimming in the river.
Officers from Murray River Police District and Victorian Police, with assistance from the Barooga/Cobram SES, commenced a search of the river.
At the time then man disappeared there was a moderate current flowing to the west.
About 8.40pm members of the Victorian Police Dive Unit located the 35-year-old man, submerged in four metres of water, and he was declared deceased.
The body of a 35-year-old man has been found in a popular swimming spot in the latest of a string of tragic drowning incidents this summer.
The man was found on Tuesday after getting in the water at Thompsons Beach in the Murray River in Victoria.
He was declared dead after the Victorian Police Dive Unit found him at around 8.40pm on Tuesday night.
The body of a 35-year-old man has been found in a popular swimming spot in the latest of a string of tragic drowning incidents this summer. Pictured: Murray River Victoria
He was declared dead after the Victorian Police Dive Unit found him at around 8.40pm on Tuesday night (Stock)