Search for boy, 11, swept out to sea on NSW Central Coast to resume on Tuesday

Strong current took child trying to cross The Entrance channel with father and three younger brothers

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A search for an 11-year-old boy swept out to sea by a strong current on the New South Wales Central Coast will resume on Tuesday.

A 43-year-old man had been crossing the channel between an estuary and the ocean from the northern side of a location known as The Entrance, with his four boys, aged 11, nine, seven and three. The eldest child was swept into the ocean.

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