A youth pastor tragically lost his life after a shark attack while fishing with his family near Central Queensland. Paramedics responded to the scene but were unable to save him.
A youth pastor has died after a shark attack while fishing with his family on an island off the Central Queensland coast. Paramedics were called to the Humpy Island camping area in the Keppel Bay Islands National Park yesterday afternoon. Paramedics attempted to save Mr Walford but he died at the scene just before 6pm. Mr Walford worked as a school chaplain for the Cathedral of Praise Church and Heights College in Rockhampton.
'A family friend, not only to my own family, but countless others,' Ms Kirkland said. 'We are all very much still in shock. My prayers and heartfelt condolences are with his beautiful family and indeed the many who will be devastated, as I am, at this news.' It is the second shark attack in Central Queensland this month. Earlier this month, a man was rushed to hospital after a shark attack off Curtis Island near Gladstone. There have been at least four other shark attacks in Australian waters so far this year including one off Mackay on October 30 and at Bargara Beach on March 12, according to the Australian Shark Incident Database
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