Sunshine Coast locals have taken to social media to share their condolences and praise the boy's efforts to try to save his friend.
Emergency services were called to Wappa Falls, a popular but notorious swimming spot, at 2.30pm yesterday after a 17-year-old girl fell off a waterfall and her friend, a 17-year-old boy, jumped in to try to help her.A 17-year-old girl has drowned and a search is underway for a 17-year-old man who went in to help at a swimming spot on the Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast locals have taken to social media to share their condolences and praise the boy's efforts to try to save his friend.
The falls can be powerful, especially at times of high rainfall, and have been the site of several drownings.Dominic Hayes, 15, drowned there in 2007, and Mitchell Edwards, also 15, drowned there in 2010. A sign at the top of of the falls warns the site is dangerous and unpredictable with "heavy currents, deep water and submerged boulders".: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on theA piece of road between houses is on the market as the site of a buyer's new "dream home".
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