A “complex” search and rescue mission is unfolding on Tasmania’s west coast this morning for a man who is trapped by rocks.
The alarm was first raised at 3:30pm on Friday by a Garmin satellite inReach device.
Emergency services and specialist resources, including the rescue helicopter, have been managing the incident in the Franklin River for over 16 hours.
Police say the man’s upper leg remains trapped, leaving him unable to move and in a precarious position in the river.
They say he has remained in the water overnight.
A search and rescue jet from Melbourne has flown over to assist with the operation, circling an area of around 95 square kilometres south-west of Frenchmans Cap.
A rescue helicopter arrived at the scene at 9:45am on Saturday.
More to come…
