Search and rescue at Lake Moondarra, QLD

Mount Isa Police are co-ordinating a search and rescue operation at Lake Moondarra to locate a nine-year-old boy reported missing following a jet-ski crash this morning, Queensland Police say.

Initial information indicates around 11am a 34-year-old man and a six-year-old boy were riding a jet-ski at Lake Moondarra when it crashed into the edge of the lake, striking the nine-year-old boy.

The man and the six-year-old boy both sustained injuries and were transported to hospital.

The nine-year-old boy has not been sighted since the incident.

A search of the area has commenced using a helicopter, ground and swift water rescue crews.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.

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