Nine-year-old boy dies at popular NSW holiday spot amid spate of drownings over Easter long weekend

The child died after becoming trapped between rocks at South West Rocks on Sunday afternoon

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A nine-year-old boy has died after becoming trapped between rocks at a popular holiday spot on the New South Wales mid-north coast, amid a spate of drowning deaths over Easter.

Police and other emergency services tried to free the boy from the site at South West Rocks on Sunday afternoon but he died at the scene.