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Title: Fisherman killed by falling tree branch near Brisbane
Post by: Editor on November 18, 2013, 08:16:53 PM
Fisherman killed by falling tree branch near Brisbane
ABC NEWS - Updated Fri 15 Nov 2013, 11:22pm AEDT
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-15/man-killed-by-falling-tree/5096260 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-15/man-killed-by-falling-tree/5096260)

A 39-year-old man has died after being hit by a tree near Jimboomba, south of Brisbane.

Emergency services say he was fishing in the Logan River when the tree branch fell on him about 6:00pm (AEST).

He was trapped for over an hour before rescuers freed him.

Ambulance paramedics tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead on the way to hospital.