<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two people are dead and a third is fighting for life after a family </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/drowning" rel="" target="" title="drowning"><span>drowning</span></a><span> in central </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men, aged 46 and 37, and a teenage boy were swept out to sea this afternoon at Seventeen Seventy, about 75 kilometres south-east of Gladstone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The older man and boy died while the 37-year-old was rescued and airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital with critical head injuries. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/boy-dies-following-accidental-shooting/7a258163-6daf-4657-b9ba-df9f7a0ace41"><strong><span>Nine-year-old dead after accidental shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood the trio and other members of their family were visiting the popular tourist spot on holiday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigations into the drownings are ongoing. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>