Australian Off-Duty Police Officer Drowns in Rip After Saving Teen

Surf rescue workers instruct swimmers to move away from the northern end of the beach at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on January 16, 2022. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

An off-duty police officer has drowned in a rip after saving the life of a teenage boy at an unpatrolled beach on the New South Wales (NSW) south coast.

Emergency services were called after the 45-year-old became caught in a rip at Bogola Beach, south of Narooma, at about 1.30 p.m. on New Year’s Day.