Desperate search resumes for man, 35, missing after being swept out to sea while trying to help fisherman knocked over by wave
- Police continue their search for a man swept off Gold Coast’s Miami Beach
- The man was assisting a fisherman who had been knocked over by a wave
- The search began on Thursday before sunset but was suspended overnight
The search for a Queensland man who was swept off a beach in Queensland has resumed.
The Southport man, 35, was washed off Gold Coast’s Miami Beach on Thursday night when he and other beach-goers went to the aid of a fisherman who had been knocked over by a wave, said Queensland Police.
The search now involves police in all-terrain vehicles patrolling on shore, and water police searching the sea.
Police resumed searching for the man who was swept off the shore of Miami Beach, Gold Coast
It follows a land, sea and air search to find the missing man that was suspended overnight.
The search on Thursday had begun not long after the man was washed away, just after 6pm, but was unsuccessful in finding him before dark.
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