Two males have drowned after “struggling to get out of the water” at a well-liked waterfall in far north Queensland.
The 21 and 59-year-old males have been in Crystal Cascades, west of Cairnson Tuesday afternoon when bystanders referred to as emergency providers.
The lads have been mentioned to have been “struggling to get out of the water”, a police spokeswoman advised 7NEWS.com.au.
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Police wouldn’t verify a report suggesting the younger man may have been trying to rescue the older man after he had grow to be stricken.
A rescue operation was launched however the males couldn’t be discovered.
Swift water rescue crews and two pump vans have been concerned within the operation, earlier than the boys have been discovered and pulled unresponsive from the water.
Paramedics couldn’t revive the boys and so they have been declared lifeless a “quick time later”, the police spokeswoman mentioned.
A report might be ready for the Coroner.
It isn’t the primary time guests have ended up in hassle on the web site.
In 2020, an adolescent wanted to be rescued after slipping and falling from the waterfall.
An 18-year-old man drowned there in 2014, having additionally reportedly slipped and fallen into the water.
