Overview
- Police were called around 6:30pm after two 12-year-old swimmers were caught in a rip at Trigg Beach in Perth’s north.
- A surfer brought one girl safely to shore and retrieved the second unresponsive, prompting immediate CPR by police, volunteer lifeguards and two off-duty doctors.
- Five St John WA ambulances, including critical care and special operations crews, responded to the incident.
- The unresponsive child was transported to Perth Children’s Hospital, where she remains in a critical condition.
- Surf Life Saving WA issued a holiday safety plea, citing research that drowning risk more than triples on public holidays and long weekends and urging swimmers to stay between the flags.