Crikey! Steve Irwin killed by stingray.
Okay this is no more sms-rumour. This is true - the crocodile hunter is dead. Steve Irwin, the famous Crocodile Hunter was killed while filming a documentary. Already made millions of people’s pulse racing with his encounters with dangerous animals, the one that killed him is, unbelievably not on his list of animals that kill humans.
The Queensland Police Service issued a statement saying Irwin collapsed after being stung at Batt Reef, Low Isles, off Port Douglas about 11am. He had been filming a documentary.
“Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest,” said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occured.
“He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury,” he said.
