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Elderly Woman Dies After Runabout Veers in Wake at Tasmania’s Marion Narrows

Police say the 4.5m boat likely lurched in chop from a passing vessel, throwing three people overboard.

Overview

  • Emergency services were alerted about 11:45am after the incident near Marion Bay, with the vessel about 600m offshore.
  • One passenger remained aboard and called for help as three others went into the water from the fibreglass runabout.
  • Onlookers retrieved two men who were later hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
  • A woman believed to be in her 70s was found dead in the water a short time later.
  • Police say the boat did not capsize and describe the event as a freak accident, noting all three overboard were believed to be wearing lifejackets and that inquiries continue.