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| Woman feared dead after crocodile attack in far north Queensland | Woman feared dead after crocodile attack in far north Queensland |
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| A woman fought in vain to pull her friend from the jaws of a crocodile during a late-night swim on a far north Queensland beach. | A woman fought in vain to pull her friend from the jaws of a crocodile during a late-night swim on a far north Queensland beach. |
| A 46-year-old woman is feared dead after she and a friend went swimming at Thornton beach in the Daintree national park, north of Cairns. | A 46-year-old woman is feared dead after she and a friend went swimming at Thornton beach in the Daintree national park, north of Cairns. |
| Police say the women were in waist-deep water when the croc attacked about 10.30pm on Sunday. | Police say the women were in waist-deep water when the croc attacked about 10.30pm on Sunday. |
| “Her 47-year-old friend tried to grab her and drag her to safety but she just wasn’t able to do that,” senior constable Russell Parker told ABC radio on Monday. | “Her 47-year-old friend tried to grab her and drag her to safety but she just wasn’t able to do that,” senior constable Russell Parker told ABC radio on Monday. |
| The woman’s friend ran to a nearby business to raise the alarm, police said. | |
| Related: NT crocodile attack: capsizing boat 'extremely unusual', says expert | Related: NT crocodile attack: capsizing boat 'extremely unusual', says expert |
| Paramedics took the victim’s friend to the Mossman hospital, suffering shock and a graze. A search is under way for the missing woman. | Paramedics took the victim’s friend to the Mossman hospital, suffering shock and a graze. A search is under way for the missing woman. |
| A helicopter searched the area on Sunday night and those efforts were continuing on Monday. | |
| Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu lives in the Daintree area, not far from Thornton Beach. | |
| “The community is shocked and saddened by this tragedy,” she said. | |
| “We’ve been through this before and our hearts go out to this woman’s family and we feel very much for her friend, who was with her at the time.” | |
| If fears about the woman’s fate play out, it would be the second fatality involving a crocodile in a fortnight. | If fears about the woman’s fate play out, it would be the second fatality involving a crocodile in a fortnight. |
| On 17 May Noel Ramage, 72, drowned after a crocodile reportedly overturned the boat he and his mate were in while crabbing near Gunn Point, about 40km north-east of Darwin. | On 17 May Noel Ramage, 72, drowned after a crocodile reportedly overturned the boat he and his mate were in while crabbing near Gunn Point, about 40km north-east of Darwin. |
| The Victorian man was trapped under the capsized tinnie and drowned while his 72-year-old friend hurled spanners and spark plugs at the croc in a desperate bid to keep it at bay. | The Victorian man was trapped under the capsized tinnie and drowned while his 72-year-old friend hurled spanners and spark plugs at the croc in a desperate bid to keep it at bay. |
| The friend was trapped in mangroves for three hours before he was rescued. | The friend was trapped in mangroves for three hours before he was rescued. |