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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 • Issue 058
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THE KING IS BACK He’s the man who put rock ‘n’ roll on the map, and decades after his death Elvis Presley is still considered ‘the king’. The Blue Mountains Elvis Festival kicks off this Thursday, featuring an incredible 14 shows across the weekend. Erin Mamo reports on page 7 Elvis tribute artists will converge on the Blue Mountains this week
Woman plunges more than 100 metres from Fletchers Lookout
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woman was tragically killed when she fell from a waterfall in the Blue Mountains last Friday afternoon. The woman was at the top of the waterfall at Wentworth Falls at about 3pm, when she fell more than 100 metres to the ground. “Emergency services were called to Falls Road just after 3pm, after reports a woman fell from a waterfall,” a police spokeswoman said. “The woman died at the scene.” The incident happened at Fletchers Lookout, which offers incredible views to tourists and locals alike. The area around Fletchers Lookout is difficult to access by road, so the ambulance helicopter was
called to assist after the first reports of the woman’s fall were made. The helicopter located the woman beneath the cliff and guided Police Rescue officers and paramedics to the area, but the woman was deceased when they arrived. A body recovery operation then commenced but was delayed on Friday night due to the weather. A rescue team member sat with the woman’s body throughout the night before it could be recovered on Saturday. There’s understood to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the woman’s death but it’s unclear if she fell accidently.
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