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Tasmania Police are investigating the circumstances of the man\u2019s death. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\nA 23-year-old French national has died after entering the water from a vessel at Hobart\u2019s waterfront early this morning.<\/p>\n
Police were called to Franklin Wharf about 3:55am on Tuesday after the man entered the water near Princes Wharf 1 and could not be found.<\/p>\n
The man was a crew member aboard the Perseverance, a French-flagged vessel that recently arrived in Hobart from Antarctica.<\/p>\n
A police boat searched the area but was unable to locate him.<\/p>\n
Divers entered the water about 7am and found the man\u2019s body shortly before 7:45am, not far from the vessel.<\/p>\n
Tasmania Police are investigating the circumstances of the man\u2019s death. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n
Inspector John Toohey said the man appeared to have entered the water voluntarily.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt appears that the male has jumped into the water on his own accord and got into trouble whilst in the water,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances, but early indications suggest alcohol may have been involved.<\/p>\n
The crew had completed their rotation aboard the Perseverance and were due to fly to Melbourne today.<\/p>\n
Inspector Toohey said the crew members were \u201cvery distressed\u201d by the incident.<\/p>\n
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Tasmania Police are investigating the circumstances of the man\u2019s death. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re a tight-knit group. They\u2019ve been working together for the last couple of weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Police are using interpreters to take statements from crew members, who are expected to leave Hobart later today.<\/p>\n
The French Embassy and Interpol have been notified and are assisting with contacting the man\u2019s next of kin.<\/p>\n
WorkSafe Tasmania is also involved, as the vessel is considered a workplace. A report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 23-year-old French national has died after entering the water from a vessel at Hobart\u2019s waterfront early this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-545186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}