AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2010
SA: Man drowns in fishing accident
ADELAIDE, April 4 AAP - A Victorian man has drowned after falling off an Adelaide jetty
as he tried to retrieve a fishing rod.
The 54-year-old, from Irymple near Mildura, was fishing at Largs Bay in the city's
northwest when he fell into the water shortly before lunchtime on Sunday.
He fell off the jetty while trying to retrieve a fishing rod, police said.
Despite efforts by ambulance officers, the man could not be revived.
Western Adelaide police will prepare a report for the coroner.
AAP gr/mn
KEYWORD: DROWN
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