Man falls from Darwin Esplanade cliff in second such incident in two weeks
A MAN has fallen off the Darwin Esplanade cliff face overnight – the second person to do so in two weeks. A 29-year-old man died when he fell from the cliff on December 28
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A MAN has fallen off the Darwin Esplanade cliff face on the early hours of Tuesday morning – the second person to do so in two weeks – dislocating and fracturing his leg.
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NT Police Northern Watch commander said the man fell off the cliff about just before 4.30am.
“Police received a call that a male had fallen off the cliff face of the Esplanade once again, this time a 40 year-old male was reported to have fallen off,” he said.
“The area was attended by Police and St Johns, NT Fire and Rescue located the male at the bottom of the cliffs and has been rescued since with a suspected dislocated knee.”
St John Ambulance Territory Duty manager Craig Garraway said it was “disturbing” to have had a second similar incident at the site in two weeks.
“Paramedics, police and fire all attended and were able to recover him and get him to Royal Darwin Hospital where I believe he is recovering now,” he said.
“Depending on how bad the fracture to his leg is, he may require some form of surgery today.
“It was only last week we had a death there from someone falling off there so obviously it’s disturbing.”
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NT Police allege the man may be related to a group of people who unlawfully entered the Deck Bar
“CCTV followed the offenders to the area on the Espalande,” Cmdr Turner said.
“While I can’t say for sure, it may be highly likely (that this person was related to that group).”
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