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…