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A MAN airlifted to hospital after being found unconscious in a backyard swimming pool has died.
The man sustained life-threatening injuries in the Saturday morning incident in Rochester.
He died on Sunday night.
Police will now prepare a report for the coroner.
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Sunday, 5pm
The 54-year-old man airlifted to hospital on Saturday morning after a drowning is still fighting for his life in hospital.
Sunday, 8.30am
A man involved in a reported drowning at Rochester on Saturday morning remained in a critical condition in hospital on Saturday evening.
Earlier
A man has been flown to hospital in a critical condition after a reported drowning at Rochester on Saturday morning.
Ambulance Victoria confirmed paramedics were called shortly after 9am to reports of a drowning.
Paramedics assessed a man believed to be in his 50s at the scene, before airlifting him to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
He was in a critical condition.
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Natalie Croxon
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.
