A teenage boy is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a waterfall near Cairns.
Paramedics rushed to Isabella Falls in Edmonton at about 11:52 a.m. Thursday after receiving an emergency call about the teenager.
It is understood that the teenager suffered serious head and chest injuries during the fall.
He was pulled from the area by a rescue helicopter before being taken to Cairns Hospital for treatment.
The boy had been visiting the popular swimming site with friends and is understood to have slipped.
Isabella Falls is famous for its slippery rocks which are known to cause death.
A teenage boy is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a waterfall near Cairns. Getty Images/iStockphoto
A 19-year-old woman died after falling in the waterfall in 2022.
Local residents urged authorities to close public access to Isabella Falls following the death.
“We just heard the sirens and then suddenly we’re here,” one resident told the Cairns Post.
Paramedics rushed to Isabella Falls in Edmonton at about 11:52 a.m. Thursday after receiving an emergency call about the teenager and learned that the teenager had suffered serious head and chest injuries in the fall. Getty Images
“The last one was 12 months ago, a young person slipped on a rock.
“The council put a sign there after the last one saying this area is not looked after by the council, you go at your own risk, people have died here.”
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