SYDNEY, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- A man has died and a toddler has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after they were pulled from the water on Australia's east coast on Thursday.
A police statement said that emergency services were called to reports of a man and boy struggling in the water in Fishermans Reach, 370 km northeast of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, around 10:15 a.m. on Thursday morning.
The man, believed to be aged in his 20s, could not be revived and died. The boy was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
Police said that an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident is underway. ■