Sydney, Dec 30
Two men have died after falling in separate incidents at waterholes in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said in a statement that emergency services responded to reports an 18-year-old man had fallen about 15 metres down an embankment of a river in Maudsland, 55 km south of Brisbane, at 6:40 p.m. local time on Sunday.
Paramedics rendered medical assistance but the QPS said the man succumbed to his injuries and was declared deceased at the scene, news agency reported.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Monday that the 18-year-old was using a rope swing from a rock embankment when he fell.
Hours earlier, a 55-year-old man died after he slipped and fell 30 metres from a waterfall in the Behana Gorge, over 1,300 km northwest of Brisbane.
The QPS said that emergency services were called to Clamshell Falls, a popular swimming hole in the gorge, at 1:30 p.m. after the man was reported missing in the water.
He was located about an hour later following a search and rescue operation.
"Medical assistance was rendered at the scene. However, the man was declared deceased," a police statement said.