Brit man, 42, and teen, 17, drown in Australia after tourists are swept out to sea sparking helicopter rescue mission

TWO British tourists have drowned after being swept out to sea in a holiday horror in Australia.

A 42-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were pulled from the water in Queensland on Sunday afternoon but tragically could not be saved.

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A third man, 37, from Monto, was also dragged under but miraculously survived.

He was airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital in a critical condition with a serous head injury.

Emergency services raced to Round Hill Head in Seventeen Seventy near at 2.17pm after the trio, believed to be holidaying with family, got into trouble in the surf.

Helicopters, paramedics, and rescue teams launched a desperate search, with all three eventually retrieved from the water.

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