A three-year-old boy remains in a serious condition in hospital after almost drowning in a creek in the state’s northern tablelands yesterday.
About 5.30pm (Monday 21 March 2022), a man and a woman were alerted to a three-year-old boy in a creek in Tinga, about 25km east of Inverell.
The pair pulled the boy from the creek and began CPR.
NSW Ambulance paramedics and officers from New England Police District attended and the boy was taken to Inverell Base Hospital before being airlifted to the Gold Coast Hospital in a serious condition.
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident continue, however; it is not being treated as suspicious.
Information about water safety in NSW is available at www.watersafety.nsw.gov.au.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
