According to telegraph.co.uk, a 46-year-old British man has drowned while trying to rescue his two sons who were caught in strong
currents at a beach in Australia. Onlookers went into the water and were able to retrieve the boys, but returned to the water to find the father floating face-down. The man, a British tourist, was swimming with his family at Burrill Beach, about 130 miles south of Sydney. He was caught in the rip after rushing to the water to save his sons and is believed to have had a cardiac arrest. He died about midday on Friday. Read article
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wbaltv.com reported that a tourist in Australia nearly drowned after she fell off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone. The woman was walking along a bay in Melbourne on Monday night when she became distracted by something in her Facebook newsfeed and plummeted into the water below, The Associated Press reported. Read Article
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According to the Dayton Daily News, a Brookville graduate and Marine died this weekend while skydiving in Australia during a trip his wife won on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Brandon McGraw, 33, a 2000 Brookville High School graduate, died in Euroa Austrailia Saturday while skydiving with his wife, Sherilyn McGraw, according to reports. McGraw had […]
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heraldsun.com.au reported that a touritst burglar stole $178,000 in cash, designer jewellery and electronics in a four year spree targeting rich Asians in Melbourne’s wealthiest suburbs. Barry Williams, 40, was nabbed in a targeted operation after he was identified on CCTV entering the well secured properties. Investigators claimed Williams would strike in the evenings when […]
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couriermail.com.au reported that a 35-year-old surfer who was killed by a shark in the state’s South-West yesterday morning was an “absolute champion” who moved to WA because of “his love of the waves and surf”. Chris Boyd, originally from Queensland, was killed instantly when he was mauled by a shark while surfing at popular break […]
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Watoday.com reports that police are seeking witnesses to a serious crash on Valley of the Giants Road in Nornalup on Wednesday. A Hyundai Wagon with four people on board, all tourists from Singapore, were travelling south on the road, three kilometres north of the South Coast Highway. The 51-year-old male driver is believed to have […]
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Smh.com.au reports that a Belgian tourist is considering returning home after she was dragged into a Sydney laneway and sexually assaulted after only three days in Australia. The 25-year-old was walking south along Victoria Street at Potts Point about 8.45pm on Wednesday when a man attacked her from behind and pushed her into the laneway, […]
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Abc.net.au reports that firefighters are still trying to control a bushfire which kept a group of tourists trapped in a Kimberley national park at the weekend. The bushfire flared up in the Geikie gorge National Park near Fitzroy Crossing at the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, fire crews rounded up nine tourists but the fire was […]
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Forensic specialists are continuing to investigate an accident which claimed the life of a six-year-old girl after a kangaroo smashed through the windscreen of a car she was travelling in. The kangaroo and the car collided on the Warrego Highway at Kingsthorpe on the Darling Downs about 3am (AEST) Sunday. The girl was rushed to […]
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Yahoo News New Zealand a Korean tourist who went outside from his hotel to go stargazing is dead after being struck by a car near Queenstown. Daegeun Yun, a 50-year-old mechanic who was on a Korean guided tour, died when he was struck by a car on Arthur’s Point Road about 10.15pm. Senior Constable Chris […]
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