A body has been found in the search for a missing teenager who disappeared while swimming on a river in Sydney's northwest on Wednesday (pictured, friends and family at the scene)

Teenager is found dead after going missing while out swimming with mates

  • A 16-year-old boy has died while swimming in the Hawkesbury River
  • The teenager went missing on Wednesday afternoon in Sydney’s northwest
  • His body was discovered later in the afternoon by specialist police officers  

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A body has been found in the search for a missing teenager who disappeared while swimming on a river in Sydney’s northwest on Wednesday.

The 16-year-old boy went missing at about 12pm on Wednesday while in the water at Windsor Beach on the Hawkesbury River.

A body, believed to be the boy’s, was discovered around 4.20pm, NSW Police said.

‘The body is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be that of the missing boy,’ a police spokesperson said.

A body has been found in the search for a missing teenager who disappeared while swimming on a river in Sydney's northwest on Wednesday (pictured, friends and family at the scene)

A body has been found in the search for a missing teenager who disappeared while swimming on a river in Sydney's northwest on Wednesday (pictured, friends and family at the scene)

A body has been found in the search for a missing teenager who disappeared while swimming on a river in Sydney’s northwest on Wednesday (pictured, friends and family at the scene)

‘The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.’

Specialists from PolAir, police divers, the NSW SES and the Toll NSW Ambulance Aeromedical service were involved in the search.

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