British tourist dies slipping and hitting his head while jumping from a bridge on night out
After failing to emerge from the water, his friends launched a search and contacted emergency services.
A British tourist has died after jumping from a bridge in Australia and hitting his head.
The man in his 30s died on Sunday in Noosa Sound, Queensland, while taking turns jumping into the water from the bridge with friends.
After failing to emerge from the water, his friends launched a search and contacted emergency services.
His body was recovered around five hours later with the help of a local boat operator.
Police said: ‘A search and rescue operation was launched with police divers locating the body of the man around 6am.’
Now-retired Senior Sergeant Peter Feldman previously told Noosa News of the danger of jumping from the bridge ‘They are not only risking their own lives, but that of people in passing boats. It is an offence to jump off certain structures and they are breaking the law.
‘It’s not the height of the bridge that makes it dangerous – it’s the way that they can fall. It only takes a fall of a couple of metres to seriously injure somebody.’
The man’s next of kin are being informed of his death.
Noosa Council previously put a warning of dangers of jumping from the bridge on their website.
It read: ‘Please be advised that bridge jumping from the Garth Prowd Bridge is STRICTLY PROHIBITED due to construction conditions and equipment placement below the bridge, which render it unsafe for such activities.’
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