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Boy, 4, drowns in Currimundi Creek
9th Jan 2014 7:47 AM
| Updated:
11:30 AM
A FOUR-year-old boy has tragically died after being found floating face down in a Sunshine Coast creek.
The boy was reported missing from his home in Wurtulla about 7.30pm on Wednesday.
A patrol of the nearby area by the Queensland Police Service found the child in a nearby creek, which runs off Currimundi Lake.
"Police attempted to retrieve the child however were unable to do so," a QPS spokeswoman said.
"The child was transferred to Nambour General Hospital but was pronounced deceased."
The spokeswoman said there were no suspicious circumstances.
