Jellyfish killed girl, 7, police believe


The [?] box jellyfish is to blame for the death of a seven-year-old girl in far north Queensland, [?] believe.

The girl was swimming at Umagico Beach near Bamaga, 40km from Cape York Peninsula's most [?] point, when she was stung about midday on Sunday.

She [?] out of the water screaming and collapsed on the beach in front of her parents, who [?] called triple 0.

After a [?] desperate attempts to [?] the girl failed, paramedics arrived and performed CPR but could not get a pulse.

The girl was taken to Bamaga hospital [?] she was pronounced dead at 1.20pm (AEST).

Tentacles marks, across the girl's chest and legs, [?] she had been stung by a box jellyfish, a police [?] said.
"Indications are it's a box jellyfish - that's what it looks like from the tentacle [?] but we can't confirm that until they have done [?]," she said.

The death contributes to a [?] spell in Queensland's waters, as the third ocean fatality in as many days.

Sarah Whiley, 21, died of shock and blood loss following a [?] shark attack off North Stradbroke Island in the Moreton Bay on Saturday.

A 50-year-old was found on Sunday afternoon at Balaclava Island near Rockhampton after his boat [?] on Friday night.

The jellyfish fatality [?] the death of seven-year-old Jarred Crook in 2003, who was killed when a [?] wrapped its poisonous tentacles around his legs and torso in shallow waters at Wongaling Beach, south of Cairns.

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