Investigations are underway after a man drowned in a water hole near Dungog today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 3.45pm (Sunday 16 March 2025), officers from Port Stephens\/Hunter Police District were called to a swimming hole at Ladies Well at Upper Allyn \u2013 about 48km north west of Dungog \u2013 following reports of concern for the welfare of a swimmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police arrived and, following an operation with assistance from, NSW Ambulance paramedics, Police Divers and Police Rescue, a man\u2019s body was retrieved from the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is yet to be formally identified; however, is believed to be aged in his 20\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A crime scene has been established and inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death are underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Investigations are underway after a man drowned in a water hole near Dungog today. About 3.45pm (Sunday 16 March 2025), officers from Port Stephens\/Hunter Police District were called to a swimming hole at Ladies Well at Upper Allyn \u2013 about 48km north west of Dungog \u2013 following reports of concern for the welfare of a swimmer. Police … Continue reading “Police investigate drowning at water hole near Dungog”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31870,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31869\/revisions\/31870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}