Monday 27 November 2023

Search To Resume For Missing Swimmer Off Stockton Beach

 BY IAN CROUCH

A search will resume at 8 o'clock on Monday morning for a man missing in the water off Stockton Beach.

At about 3.00pm om Sunday emergency services were called after a number of swimmers were in difficulty.

Three were rescued from the water, however one man couldn't be located.

One of the swimmers was taken to hospital as a precaution - the others were not injured.

Police, surf lifesavers and the Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter searched the water and surrounding beaches until the search was called off for the day at 7.00pm.

 

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter joined the search for the missing swimmer