Kakadu Park Tragedy – A man has been reported dead by the NT emergency services. The body of a 29-year-old man who slipped and fell off a cliff In kakadu National Park on Tuesday afternoon while hiking with his friends was found this morning.
The search team includes the Kakadu Rangers, NT Police and CareFlight, who searched the scene via a helicopter yesterday but couldn’t find the missing man.
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According to Craig Garraway, St John Ambulance NT operations manager ” it appears the hiker had slipped and fallen off of a cliff of some sort”.
“At 5:30pm yesterday we received a triple zero call with regards to a hiker who was hiking with some friends not far from the Ranger mine site,” Garraway says.
“Emergency services responded there and police and health services out at Jabiru responded also.”
“Late yesterday, CareFlight attended the scene in a helicopter, but had been unable to locate the man.”
“His body was found this morning.”
Investigation is ongoing.