Man dead after boat flips off Sydney’s northern beaches, teen feared missing

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A man has died after a small boat flipped on large swell near Palm Beach on Wednesday morning, leaving one person stranded on nearby rocks and a 14-year-old unaccounted for and feared missing.

Emergency services were called to the northern end of Palm Beach at 11.35am following reports the dinghy had flipped on the rocks by the beach. Reports to emergency responders suggested there were two men and a teenager on the boat.

A rescue helicopter circles over the boat wedged in rocks at Palm Beach.

One man, who is yet to be identified, was declared dead at the scene after he was pulled from the water by surf lifesavers.

Officers continue to search for the teenage boy believed to have been a passenger on the boat, with assistance from a police helicopter and marine authorities.

Paramedics discovered another man on the rocks bleeding from lacerations on his left leg, and winched him from the rocks before raising him into a rescue helicopter. He was lowered onto a nature clearing near the foreshore car park, and has now been transported to hospital

Two rescue helicopters and a police chopper rushed to the scene, a police boat and jetskis were deployed to the area, while several ambulance and police vehicles arrived at the foreshore.

A man is airlifted from the rocks to a rescue helicopter, near the flipped boat.

Reports to emergency responders suggested there were three occupants on board.

The man was found about 25 metres away from the boat, which lay upside down on the rocks. Ropes and life vests could be seen under the boat and floating between the rocks.