On Saturday, Australian Patrick Prevett (22) visited the tourist attraction Gibraltar Falls with his sister and several friends.
Around 17.25 in the afternoon, the 22-year-old slipped on stones and fell off the cliff, according to the newspaper The Canberra Times.
Gibraltar Falls, with its 50 meter high drop, is located approximately 46 kilometers southwest of Canberra in Australia. The waterfall is located near Namadgi National Park.
– I think it’s cool
– Had his whole life ahead of him
The emergency services were called to the scene following reports of a man who had fallen – and who could not be located.
Prevett was found lifeless in the water about half an hour later. The 22-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
GIBRALTAR FALLS: The waterfall has a drop of 50 metres. Photo: Leah-Anne Thompson / Shutterstock / NTB
sea view
– The Prevett family has lost a son, a brother, a nephew, an uncle and a friend. Pat was a young and kind-hearted man who had his whole life ahead of him. His family is proud of the man he was and the life he had built, writes a friend of the family on a newly created fundraiser on the website GoFundMe.
Furthermore, it is stated that the donations will go towards funeral costs.
Patrick Prevett’s death came just a short week after 19-year-old Thomas Livingston lost his life in the same place.
– Started with a small wound
Probably had a bath
In the middle of the day on Sunday 19 February, the police and emergency services received a report that a man had fallen off the cliff. According to Australian News other visitors must have performed life-saving first aid on the teenager until health personnel arrived at the scene.
Life was still not to be saved. The 19-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Livingston had probably been swimming at the top of the waterfall before the tragic accident, despite the fact that warning signs have been put up in several places where visitors are encouraged to stay on the path.
