Two more individuals discovered deceased following boating accident in Queensland

Two additional individuals have tragically been found dead after a boating accident in Queensland that prompted a large-scale search and rescue operation, according to authorities.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident just before 5.30pm on Tuesday after a sizeable motorboat capsized off the coast of Green Island in Moreton Bay with a total of 11 people onboard.

In response, a major search and rescue mission was launched, involving water police, police divers, volunteer marine rescue, and coast guard personnel, all working tirelessly to locate the missing passengers.

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Fortunately, eight individuals were successfully retrieved from the water and swiftly transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. However, three individuals remained unaccounted for.

Authorities confirmed earlier that one individual had tragically been found deceased at approximately 6.15pm on Tuesday.

Subsequently, the bodies of two other passengers have been located and identified as a 48-year-old man from Alexandra Hills and a 69-year-old man from Meridan Plains.

In the morning, the third man, aged 59 and from Tingalpa, was also discovered deceased.

Among the victims, two have been identified as rugby personality David ‘Mario’ Logan and school teacher Stephen ‘Taity’ Tait.

The search and rescue efforts have now been called off, and authorities will be compiling a comprehensive report for the coroner.

These tragic deaths come in the wake of severe storms that have claimed the lives of two other individuals, including a young girl, in southeast Queensland.

The body of a nine-year-old girl was discovered on Tuesday evening after she was feared to have been swept away in stormwater drains in Rochedale South, Logan.

Another body, that of a 40-year-old woman, was found in the Mary River in Gympie.

These tragic incidents follow a previous storm-related fatality on Monday, in which a 59-year-old woman was fatally struck by a fallen tree on the Gold Coast.

– With AAP