Police dog Marco is being hailed a hero after finding a missing man clinging to a tree above a river on NSW's Central Coast.
The 65-year-old was reported missing from an aged care centre in Mardi late on Saturday night.
Police and centre staff searched a nearby railway station, local streets and the edges of Wyong River, but couldn't locate him.
Early on Sunday morning, Marco led Dog Unit Senior Constable Patrick Summers down a steep embankment near Wyong River.
Initial searches around the embankment failed to find the man.
"When Marco continued to point the officer to the same area of the river, the police officer looked through extensive foliage, where the man was located clinging on to a tree branch above water," police said.
He was rescued and treated for minor injuries.
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