A search is currently underway to locate a teenager who went missing while swimming in a river in the state's west earlier today.
About 1.30pm (Sunday 30 January 2022), emergency services were called to a river near Bakers Road and Burnt Yards Road at Burnt Yards – about 75km south-west of Bathurst – following reports of a missing swimmer.
Police were told an 18-year-old man jumped into the river and got into trouble in the water.
Two teenagers attempted to assist the man; however, he went under the water and failed to resurface.
A multi-agency search operation is currently underway including officers attached to Chifley Police District, PolAir, Police Divers, NSW Ambulance and NSW State Emergency Service.
The search will continue into the evening.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
