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Two fall down cliff

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A DARWIN man broke his leg and his mate got stuck in a tree when they both ended up over a cliff early yesterday.

Police, fire and ambulance services spent two hours retrieving the first man, who fell over the cliff at Lameroo Beach, along Darwin's The Esplanade. Police said the second man climbed down to help his friend before coming to grief in the tree.

"Two of them ended up down there,'' Senior Sergeant Garry Smith, of Darwin Police said.

"One ended up getting stuck. Both males appeared to have climbed over the protective fencing above Lameroo Beach and were sitting on the cliff face when one slipped and fell.

"The other has gone down to rescue him and slipped, becoming lodged in a tree.

"He called for assistance.

"One person made his own way back up, the other had to be rescued by Fire and Rescue.''

Sen-Sgt Smith said police had no information on how they came to be there.

"Neither would elaborate on why they climbed over the fence,'' he said.

St John Ambulance deputy operations manager Craig Garraway said a triple 0 call was received from the man from the bottom of the cliff at about 4am.

"A third party caller rang and then he has phoned a couple minutes later to give paramedics a bit of information and let them know he was down there,'' he said.

The man with the broken leg, who was aged 50, was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital and admitted. The second man, aged 27, was unhurt. Police said no charges would be laid.

Submitted on 05/05/2008

Submitted by: Shane
Reference: www.ntnews.com.au May 4,2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Any smart person would know that you go for help if somebody gets into trouble rather than trying to help them yourself. I guess that proves that both of these guys are stupid enough to qualify for HM's. Thanks for the submission, Shane.


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I take it that in Australia 000 = 911 USA? Now, let's see...climbed over protective fence. Stupid. Climbed down to help. Also stupid. Called emergency AFTER getting stuck. Really stupid. (Getting stuck, not calling.) This is a little dull, but a good write-up could change that. It always tickles me when people from Darwin try for Darwins. Sorry, weird sense of humor. :-p


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