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Tasmanian police say Victorian girl’s fatal cliff fall a ‘horrific’ end to family holiday
Police have described an 11-year-old Victorian girl’s fatal cliff fall at Tasmania’s Sand River Conservation Area as a “tragic” end to a family holiday.
Police say she was on a walking and rock climbing expedition with her siblings near Buckland, north-east of Hobart on Friday when she fell about 10 metres to her death.
In a statement last night police said: “CPR was administered but sadly the child died at the scene.”
“I believe the group were climbing but at that stage I am not sure what was happening, whether she was just walking and lost her footing that’s still a matter for the [coroner’s] report,” Acting Inspector Michael Foster said.
He said the girl was holidaying with siblings in Tasmania and her parents were in Victoria at the…
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