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Elderly man dies after boat crashes on the rocks at Outer Harbor, north-west of Adelaide
A 77-year-old man has died after the boat he and another man were piloting had engine trouble and crashed into rocks at the southern Outer Harbor breakwater.
Key points:
- Two men were spotted in the water after the crash at the southern Outer Harbor breakwater
- A 77-year-old man was found unresponsive and a 66-year-old man was winched to safety
- Police are preparing a report on the man’s death for the coroner
Police said both the Windsor Gardens man and a 66-year-old Smithfield Plains man fell from the 15-foot fibreglass boat into the water when it crashed against the rocks, about 20 kilometres north-west of Adelaide.
The alarm was raised just after 6:15pm yesterday.
Officers in the police helicopter spotted the two men in the water after the…
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