WA rocked by two drowning deaths within 30 minutes
A teenage boy has drowned at Lake Leschenaultia in Perth’s east on Tuesday afternoon.
Police were called to the popular recreational reserve in Chidlow about 2pm amid reports of a 17-year-old boy in distress.
Emergency Services crews at Lake Leschenaultia on Tuesday.Credit: 9News Perth
St John Ambulance crews, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and SES were sent to the scene 46 kilometres east of Perth under priority one code.
The teenager was located and provided with emergency first aid, but could not be revived.
It is understood the boy had become trapped under the lake’s pontoon, which has since been dragged to the shoreline.
The 168-hectare bushland reserve is popular among families, with the Shire of Mundaring reporting the lake attracts more than 80,000 visitors and 14,000 campers annually.
Paramedics rush to man pulled from water in Great Southern
Meanwhile, just 30 minutes after emergency services were called to Lake Leschenaultia, paramedics were treating a man who had been pulled from the water in the coastal town of Bremer Bay after several people were believed to have been caught in a rip.
