Search for missing man off Eyre Peninsula , SA

Police are coordinating a sea search for a man missing in waters off Hall Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, according to SA Police.

The alarm was raised just before 7.30pm on Friday 15 December, a small aluminium boat containing two men and two boys overturned in waters of Hall Bay between Coffin Bay and Elliston on the west coast.

One man and the two boys managed to swim to shore but, a man in his 50's is still missing.

Local fisherman and SES are assisting in a search, with STAR group officers flying to the area in PolAir (police helicopter) to search for the missing man.

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