Boy drowns, man and another child in hospital after accident at Tin Can Bay.

A nine-year-old boy has drowned and a man and another child are in hospital after an incident at a beach in Tin Can Bay on Queensland’s Fraser Coast.

Police said the boys were playing with an inflatable ring when they came off it in deep water.

A 49-year-old man tried to save the children but got into trouble himself.

A man in a nearby dinghy was eventually able to save the man and the one of the boys, aged eight.

The man was taken to Gympie hospital in a stable condition.

The Queensland Ambulance Service said the second boy was flown to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition.

This post originally appeared on ABC News.