Three people died on Wednesday afternoon after being pulled from the surf at an unpatrolled beach on Phillip Island, while another has been airlifted to hospital in critical condition.
Victoria Police said emergency services responded to reports of four people in distress at Forrest Caves in Newhaven about 3.30pm.
Three women and a man were pulled from the water unresponsive and received CPR. Three were later pronounced dead at the scene.
The deceased are believed to be a man in his 40s and two women in their 20s. A third woman, also believed to be in her 20s, has been airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a critical condition.
More than a dozen distraught family and friends huddled at the beach car park on the other side of the dunes on Wednesday night.
A middle-aged man in a white singlet was inconsolable, repeatedly yelling, “I should have stopped them” as the light faded and emergency workers watched on.
Distraught relatives gathered at the car park on the evening of January 24.Credit: Justin McManus
Covered bodies were loaded into vans about 8pm and the man cried as they drove off. Clasping his hands in an outstretched, beseeching gesture, he had to be restrained by family members as they pulled away.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he cried out, while others in the group tried to comfort him.
A Life Saving Victoria spokesperson confirmed lifeguards had responded to an incident near Forrest Caves on the south-eastern side of Phillip Island.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics had been called to a beach in Newhaven just after 3.30pm.
Victoria Police said the deaths were not suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.
A man drowned at Surf Beach, just two kilometres north-west of Forrest Caves, on January 13.
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