Man in 20s dead and toddler fighting for life after 'struggling in water' in Fishermans Reach

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Members of the public removed the pair from the water and started CPR before officers arrived at the scene to assist. They were then treated by paramedics.

A man has tragically died and a toddler is fighting for their life after being pulled from the water on Australia's east coast.

Emergency services were called at about 10.15am a road in Fishermans Reach on New South Wales' Mid North Coast. on Thursday, November 12.

New South Wales Police said they had received "reports of a man and boy struggling in the water".

Members of the public removed the pair from the water and started CPR before officers arrived at the scene to assist. They were then treated by paramedics, but the man could not be revived and died at the scene.

He has not been formally identified as of yet but is believed to have been in his late 20s.

The little boy has been airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident is underway.

In March, a married British couple died after tragically drowning on the coast in Australia when visiting family.

The pair, in their 60s, were in the water on the NSW South Coast on Wednesday, March 11 when the horrific events unfolded.

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