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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Crew on boat that hit rocks off Tasmanian coast rescued by swimming police officer

A police helicopter hovers above the stricken boat
The man and woman reported they had hit rocks in waters off Fossil Bluff in Tasmania’s north-west. Photograph: Tasmania police

The crew of a 13-metre boat that ran aground during the night off the coast of Tasmania have been saved by a police officer who swam to rescue them.

The boat, crewed by a man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s, hit rocks near Wynyard, in the state’s north-west, just after midnight on Friday.

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