Three hospitalised after boating incident

By Monique Preston

Jan 6, 2025

Emergency services were called to a boating incident at a popular holiday spot on Sunday. Photo by Geoff Adams

Two people were flown to Melbourne hospitals and a third taken to a regional hospital after a boating incident at a popular tourist spot on Sunday, January 5.

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NSW Police said emergency services were called to Lake Mulwala about 11.30am.

On arrival, officers attached to Murray River Police District were told that a ski boat towing a biscuit-style inflatable device came around a bend and the inflatable collided with a stationary fishing boat.

Victorian police and Ambulance Victoria officers arrived on scene at Yarrawonga.

Ambulance officers treated a 34-year-old man, a 10-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy for non-life-threatening injuries.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said the girl was flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne in a serious but stable condition, with upper and lower body injuries.

The man was flown to Melbourne’s The Alfred hospital in a serious but stable condition, with lower body injuries.

The boy was taken by road ambulance to hospital in Wangaratta in a stable condition, with upper body injuries.

Victorian police will conduct further inquiries with the skipper of the towing boat and the skipper of the fishing boat.