BY IAN CROUCH
Emergency services involved in the search for a missing boatie on Lake Macquarie have located a body.
A major search resumed on Tuesday morning for the 60-year-old man who was last seen attempting to swim to a tinny which had separated from a mooring in the lake off the Croudace Bay Dog Park at Valentine on Monday afternoon.
Police say the man had been attempting to recover a yacht which had run aground a week ago..
Around 7.30am on Tuesday, a body, believed to be that of the missing man, was located near a boat ramp at Valentine..
The man is yet to be formally identified.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
EARLIER:
A police operation will resume this morning from 8.00am (Tuesday 26 November, 2024) for a missing boatie in Lake Macquarie.
Around 5.00pm yesterday, emergency services were called to Croudace Bay Dog Park at Valentine following reports of a man in the water.
Police were told a 60-year-old man had been attempting to recover a yacht, which had run aground a week ago, when the blue and yellow tinny he was using separated from the mooring.
He was last seen swimming towards the tinny when a witness lost sight of him.
Officers along with Water Police, Marine Rescue and the Hunter's Westpac Rescue helicopter conducted an extensive land and sea search.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Lake Macquarie Police or Crime Stoppers.
