UPDATE: Tasmania Police has released the name of the 14-year-old Devonport girl who died following an incident at Devonport Bluff last week.
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Georgia Lewtas died on Sunday following a swimming accident in the waters off the Mersey Bluff in Devonport on December 11.
Tasmania Police Inspector Stuart Wilkinson said the the family thanked police, Surf Life Saving Australia and Ambulance Tasmania for its efforts.
“Georgia’s family would like to thank the efforts of Tasmania Police, Surf Life Saving Australia and Ambulance Tasmania,” Inspector Stuart Wilkinson said.
“The family have expressed their appreciation for the assistance provided by the staff at the Mersey Community Hospital and the Royal Hobart Hospital. They have thanked the good Samaritans that went to the aid of Georgia when she was in the water.”
“Understandably this is a very distressing time for Georgia’s family and they have asked that their privacy be respected at this very difficult time”.
EARLIER: Tasmania Police has confirmed a 14-year-old Devonport girl has died in hospital after being pulled from the water unconscious at Bluff Beach last Monday.
The teenager was pulled from the water by Hobart’s Anthony King off the Bluff rocks and she was later transferred to the Royal Hobart Hospital in a critical condition but police confirmed on Monday morning that she had died in hospital.
Tasmania Police responded to the incident where two swimmers were in difficulty in the water off the rocks at the Mersey Bluff at about 3:35pm last Monday.
Police and the Devonport Surf Club then deployed rescue boats and with little regard for their own safety, two police officers and two members of the public entered the water with one man making his way out to assist the girl.
The other girl who was 15-years-old, made her way to the shore herself prior to police arrival.