Qld: Search fails to find missing teen swimmer

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2007
Qld: Search fails to find missing teen swimmer

A land search will continue today for a 15-year-old boy .. while divers will reassess
whether they can safely search a river where the teenager's gone missing.

Emergency workers yesterday failed to find any trace of the boy .. who didn't resurface
after jumping into the river on the Sunshine Coast.

He was reported missing by a friend on Tuesday afternoon .. after he jumped into the
South Maroochy River .. around 300 metres downstream from Wappa Falls.

Police divers weren't able to enter the river yesterday due to the dangerous conditions.

AAP RTV jmm/lc/tm/crh

KEYWORD: RIVER (BRISBANE)

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