Steve Irwin Dead after diving accident

By Darren Cronian on Monday, September 4th, 2006

Sad news today that Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin has died after a freak accident in North Queensland, on the Great Barrier Reef. The guy was a maniac, but I loved his crocodile hunter series – only a few years ago I toured around North Queensland, including Port Douglas, which is not far from where he was killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast.

The stingray is a flat, triangular-shaped fish, commonly found in tropical waters. It gets its name from the razor-sharp barb at the end of its tail, coated in toxic venom, which the animal uses to defend itself with when it feels threatened. Attacks on humans are a rarity - only one other person is known to have died in Australia from a stingray attack, at St Kilda, Melbourne in 1945.

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7 responses to “Steve Irwin Dead after diving accident”

Carol Long-McDonald | 4 September, 2006 at 7:07 pm

Oh dear…..I, too, used to marvel at the sheer bravery of the man. Hope he finds some more challenges on the “other side”
May he rest in peace!

Invader_Stu | 5 September, 2006 at 10:04 pm

I thought it was a joke when I first heard the story because there had been a rumor of his death a few years ago. It is a shame he is gone. He will be missed.