Search continues for man still missing after wife drowned in Good Friday tragedy

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The search for a man missing at sea near Phillip Island has entered its third day. The 41-year-old man’s wife drowned but another woman was rescued when the three were washed off rocks while exploring a beach near San Remo.

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00:00It was a heartbreaking start to the Easter long weekend here in Victoria in the southeast near

00:07Phillip Island it's one of the most popular spots to visit especially during long weekends and this

00:12group of three friends were out exploring Punchbowl Beach it's near San Remo and sadly a wave knocked

00:19them the whole group into the water on Good Friday now one woman has died her husband a

00:2541 year old man has been missing since the other woman one of their friends was rescued

00:30fortunately so she's okay but search search and rescue teams have been searching for this 41 year

00:35old man since then and on Sunday afternoon they said they haven't found any sign of him yet but

00:40they will continue that search and hopefully we will have some good news to bring to you from that

00:46authorities are urging people who are visiting these coastlines and these beautiful destinations

00:50around our beaches to really just hit the warning signs take a little pay a little extra attention

00:55when you are out and about because some of these places can be quite dangerous like Punchbowl which

01:00has a permanent rip and also police are urging everyone who is traveling and on the roads over

01:06the next few days to take extra care I mean as you can see behind me it's very busy here in Melbourne

01:11airport lots of people picking up their loved ones heading off on their adventures and police want us to

01:16make good memories during this time and not see the death toll climb which it often does when we have

01:22these long holidays now in Victoria on Sunday in Melbourne's north two people died after coming off

01:28a motorcycle that clash crashed into another car and we're hearing stories like this from right around

01:34the country from Western Australia to Brisbane on Sunday Easter Sunday there was a 60 year old man who

01:41died after his motorbike hit a ute so it's really tragic to hear these kind of stories and police are just

01:48reminding everyone on the road to take that extra care make sure that you are rested and you've slept

01:53well before getting behind the wheel and also that you follow the speed limits

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