At least one man is dead after three were swept off rocks at Port Kembla in New South Wales on Friday night, at the same location where three men drowned three weeks ago.
Emergency services were alerted after the men were swept into the sea just before 7pm at Hill 60 near Fishermans Beach, NSW Police said in a statement.
Police searched for them along with a helicopter crew and surf lifesaving inflatable rescue boat.
A Highway Patrol officer and a member of the public swam out to the men with a flotation device.
Two men and the officer were rescued from the water by a surf rescue crew and taken to Port Kembla beach. One of the men was given CPR but died at the scene.
The police officer and second fisherman rescued by boat were not injured.
The Toll Helicopter crew winched the third man to safety and he was transported to Wollongong Hospital where he was reportedly in a critical condition.
Two other police officers suffered minor injuries during the rescue operation.
There is no further information available at this time on the identities of the men and inquiries are now underway.
It comes just weeks after three fisherman died in the same spot on January 23.
Witnesses said that the group was hit by a wave during intense winds with two making it to shore, ABC News reported last month.
Assistant Superintendent Gordon Dunlop said at the time that the Hill 60 fishing spot could be dangerous.
“[This is] a timely warning to everybody, the location that people do fish on these outcrops where it is very close to the sea ... unfortunately the weather does change [and] sometimes the waves can become quite dangerous for those on the surface of the rocks,” he said.
NSW Ambulance inspector Norman Rees called the scene in January “very chaotic” and “very distressing”.
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