Overview

• A powered boat collided with a yacht moored off Wybalena Rd in Hunters Hill about 7:40pm Sunday, sinking the yacht.
• Police located the moving vessel shortly after outside a home on Herberton Ave and found a man in his 40s and a 25-year-old woman with serious injuries.
• Both were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital, where the man later died and the woman was treated and released.
• 7NEWS identified the deceased as 46-year-old Shane Florio, with investigators assessing evidence that he was at the helm of the registered vessel.
• Acting Inspector Ryan Spong described the impact as significant, noted night conditions and no current indication of drug or alcohol use, and cited multiple speed-related water incidents over the long weekend.