Overview
- An 11-year-old boy entered the Broken River in Shepparton while reportedly swimming with friends on Monday afternoon and did not resurface, prompting concern from bystanders.
- Emergency services were alerted after the incident but early reports give different call times, with some outlets citing about 2:45pm and others about 5pm.
- Police, the State Emergency Service, Search and Rescue teams and Water Police conducted searches that continued overnight along the river.
- Search teams recovered the boy’s body on Tuesday morning and Victoria Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
- A report will be prepared for the coroner, a process that records official cause and circumstances and will be the next formal step for the family and investigators.