Jellyfish Attack Australia: Jellyfish sting kills girl
Young girl killed by a large jellyfish sting
By: Oliver Koester
January 09, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________
AFTER being stung across the legs and chest by a suspected box jellyfish in far north Queensland yesterday, a seven-year-old girl died.
She was swimming off Umagico Beach, near the remote Cape York community of Bamaga, about lunchtime, when she was stung by the deadly jellyfish. Police said the girl came out of the water screaming but collapsed on the beach in front of her parents, who immediately called 000.
A bystander desperately but unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate the girl, until Queensland Ambulance paramedics arrived at 12.07pm. They 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.
Resource: The Courier-Mail - January 09, 2006 |
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