An elderly man has tragically died a day after being rescued from a creek when he crashed his mobility scooter in the Lake Macquarie area yesterday.
Passersby went to the aid of the 87-year-old man when his scooter ran off a footpath, rolled six metres down an embankment and into the creek below Freemans Drive at Cooranbong, about 3pm on Saturday.
Emergency services arrived to find the man being supported in waist-deep water by members of the public.
Fire and Rescue NSW officers carried the man to the roadway where he was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics then taken to John Hunter Hospital suffering hip and rib injuries.
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District have been advised the man died in hospital about 11.30am today.
