Ballarat man believed missing in Murray River

Updated November 2 2012 - 4:59pm, first published July 19 2011 - 1:13am
MISSING: Emergency services search for a 19-year-old man who is missing on the Murray River. Picture: Robert Henson, The Guardian.
MISSING: Emergency services search for a 19-year-old man who is missing on the Murray River. Picture: Robert Henson, The Guardian.

NSW Police are searching for a 19-year-old man, believed to be from Ballarat, who went missing after a boat overturned on the Murray River yesterday.According to a police statement, three men, all from the Ballarat region were in a small tin fishing boat on the river near Nyah when it overturned about 1.35pm.Police and emergency services recovered two men from the water, who were treated for hypothermia.The 19-year-old man remains missing.Deniliquin Local Area Command, Victoria Police divers and State Emergency Service volunteers resumed their search this morning.

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