Two men drown at Victorian beach

Two men, one aged 20 and the other in his 40s, have drowned after getting into trouble while swimming at a beach at Victoria's Phillip Island.

Two men have drowned while swimming at a Phillip Island beach in Victoria.

Multiple distress calls were made to emergency services at around 5.30pm on Monday.

A young boy was able to swim to the shore at Colonnade beach, Newhaven, but a 20-year-old man and another in his 40s both died at the scene after being pulled from the water.


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