![]() ![]() ![]() Everybody who met Steve was impressed with his energy and his enthusiasm, he was a real Aussie larrikin." Queensland tourism minister, Margaret Keech, told Sky TV: "It's a dreadful loss for the tourism industry and for nature conservation. News of Mr Irwin's death shocked ordinary Australians, while government and opposition politicians issued statements of condolence within two hours of the first reports of his death. If it hits any vital organs it's as deadly as a bayonet." He told Southern Cross Broadcasting radio: "They have one or two barbs in the tails which are not only coated in toxic material but are also like a bayonet, like a bayonet on a rifle. "He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury."Īustralian wildlife filmmaker David Ireland said he was shocked and saddened by Irwin's death, adding that a stingray's barb could be as deadly as a rifle bayonet. "Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest," said local diving operator Steve Edmondson. Medical staff pronounced him dead at about midday. The crew on the naturalist's boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and tried to resuscitate him en route to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter.īut he died before the paramedics arrived, police said. He was stung at about 11am (0200 BST), according to a statement from his wildlife park Australia Zoo. ![]()
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