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Farid Farid

Man drowns trying to rescue daughter

A man has drowned after trying to rescue his daughter from a rip in waters off Black Head in NSW. (Candice Marshall/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A man has died trying to save his teenage daughter caught in a rip at a beach on the NSW North Coast.

Police said the 42-year-old man went into the water after his daughter got into trouble at Black Head, 79km south of Port Macquarie, and was also caught in the rip on Tuesday afternoon.

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