Missing 60-year-old man found alive
BREAKING
- Search resumes at crocodile inhabited Chinaman Creek
A MISSING 60-year-old man has been found alive after a major search and rescue operation in Cairns.
Police feared the man, who failed to return home from work yesterday, may have been taken by a crocodile before he was located a short time ago.
He reportedly told family and work colleagues yesterday afternoon he was going to set some crab pots at the nearby tidal creek, which is a known crocodile habitat.
Searchers in a boat located the man in mangroves in Chinaman Creek. Police say he had become disoriented in the mangroves and became lost.
Hugs and elation as a 60-year-old man who spent the night lost in a crocodile infested creek is reunited with his family. pic.twitter.com/ox6OGwNnxe
— Mark Rigby (@Mark__Rigby) April 12, 2018
“He has suffered from dehydration and exposure to the elements and has been taken to the Cairns Hospital,” a police spokesperson said.
“Police would like to thank the media and all those who were involved in the search.”
Search and rescue personnel focused their efforts in a tidal mangrove area south of Redden Street, assisted by a helicopter search crew and officers from other agencies.