Fisherman dies after being swept off rocks at Lake Macquarie
A man has died after being swept into the ocean while fishing from rocks at Lake Macquarie in the New South Wales Hunter region.
The 35-year-old man was fishing with two friends at Redhead Bluff on Saturday afternoon when he was hit by a wave and washed into the sea, police said.
The man’s friends raised the alarm and emergency services conducted a search of the area.
They found the man near a rock ledge and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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