Australia Day tragedy as woman dies after boat capsizes on a river in Sydney’s west
A woman has died and four people have been rushed to hospital after a boat capsized on a river in Sydney‘s west.
Emergency services were called to the Nepean River, near Bruce Neale Drive in Penrith, about 12.40pm Wednesday after reports a boat with five people onboard had overturned.
Two men and two teenagers were rescued from the water and taken to Nepean Hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries.
A woman was pulled from the water unconscious and treated by paramedics; however, she died a short time later.
She is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be aged 33.
The rescue effort involved multiple agencies, officers from Nepean Police Area Command, PolAir, NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and NSW Ambulance paramedics.
More to come.
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