CAPE YORK, Australia (9 Jan 2006) -- A seven-year-old girl died after being stung by a suspected box jellyfish in far north Queensland yesterday. olice said the girl had been swimming off Umagico Beach, near the remote Cape York community of Bamaga, about lunchtime when she was stung by the deadly jellyfish. She came out of the water screaming and collapsed on the beach in front of her parents, who immediately called Triple-0. A bystander desperately tried to resuscitate the girl, who had been stung across the legs and chest. Queensland Ambulance paramedics arrived at 12.07pm and continued cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, but could not get a pulse. The girl was taken to Bamaga Hospital, but doctors were unable to revive her. She was pronounced dead at 1.20pm. | | A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said the girl had received "a large sting". In 2003, seven-year-old Jarred Crook was killed when a box jellyfish wrapped around his legs and torso in the shallow waters of Wongaling Beach, south of Cairns. SCUBA FORUMDISCUSS THIS TOPIC - Dive in and have your say at Scuba Forum |
