Overview
- The two 18-year-olds fell late Sunday morning while descending Mount Beerwah, which had been closed following heavy rainfall.
- The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the man was winched out and flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition, where he remains.
- QFES mountain and remote rescue teams carried out a complex retrieval in wet, steep terrain, and other members of their six-person group were escorted down without injuries.
- Police have deemed the death non-suspicious and suspect slick rock from light rain contributed to the fall, with a report to be prepared for the coroner.
- Park managers have extended the closure pending safety assessments, as reports vary on the fall distance from roughly 50–100 meters to as much as 200 meters.