British tourist dies slipping and hitting his head while jumping from a bridge on night out | L777KO7 | 2024-03-28 11:08:02

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British tourist dies slipping and hitting his head while jumping from a bridge on night out | L777KO7 | 2024-03-28 11:08:02

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A search for the man was launched around 1am Sunday (Image: 7News Australia)

A British vacationer has died after jumping from a bridge in Australia and hitting his head.

The man in his 30s died on Sunday in Noosa Sound, Queensland, while taking turns leaping into the water from the bridge with pals.

After failing to emerge from the water, his buddies launched a search and contacted emergency providers.

His physique was recovered round 5 hours later with the assistance of an area boat operator.

Police stated: 'A search and rescue operation was launched with police divers locating the physique of the man around 6am.'

Now-retired& Senior Sergeant Peter Feldman previously informed Noosa News of the hazard of jumping from the bridge 'They don't seem to be solely risking their own lives, but that of people in passing boats. It's an offence to jump off sure buildings and they are breaking the regulation.&

Emergency providers recovered his body hours later (Image: Shutterstock)

The bridge is in style to jump from – however harmful (Image: 7News Australia)

'It's not the height of the bridge that makes it harmful – it's the best way that they will fall.& It solely takes a fall of a couple of metres to significantly injure any person.'

The person's subsequent of kin are being knowledgeable of his demise.

Noosa Council beforehand put a warning of dangers of leaping from the bridge on their website.

It read: 'Please be suggested that bridge leaping from the Garth Prowd Bridge is STRICTLY PROHIBITED as a result of development circumstances and gear placement under the bridge, which render it unsafe for such actions.'

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