Search and rescue, Bailey Point
Police have tonight suspended the search for an 18-year-old man still missing following a marine incident at Bailey Point, in the Southern Gulf of Carpentaria.
Initial information suggest a group of six people, including three children, left Mornington Island yesterday in a vessel bound for Old Doomadgee but ran out of fuel during the journey.
The group had reportedly made it back to land.
Today a 46-year-old man, a 29-year-old man and three children aged 15, 12 and six were located by a rescue helicopter. The 29-year-old man was suffering from dehydration but no other major injuries were reported.
An 18-year-old man remains outstanding and is believed to be on foot.
The search will resume at first light with multiple aerial and ground assets being deployed to the area to assist with the search.
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