General
Emotional TRG officer tells WA teen drowning inquest river conditions worst he’d seen
An inquest into the deaths of two Indigenous boys who drowned in the Swan River after being pursued by police has heard emotional testimony from one of the Tactical Response Group officers who tried to save them.
Key points:
- Two TRG officers have given evidence to the WA Coroner’s Court
- Operator 65 had attempted to save one of the boys from drowning
- He said it was “very choppy”, with a “very strong tide” in the river
On the afternoon of September 10, 2018 a group of five teenage boys had met and travelled to the Perth suburb of Maylands, where the Perth Coroner’s Court heard they burgled a home.
When the boys saw a police vehicle in the area they started running; one split off from the group, while the others ran towards and…
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