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Stephen Queen, 34, Dies in Fall After Reaching for Litter at Morialta Lookout

Police are treating the case as non-suspicious pending a coroner's report.

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Overview

  • The father of one fell around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, near Deep View Lookout in Morialta Conservation Park in Adelaide.
  • South Australia Police said they are investigating the circumstances and will prepare a report for the coroner.
  • Witness and family accounts indicate he climbed over a barrier to retrieve a plastic bottle and slipped down a steep ravine.
  • Numerous emergency crews responded, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, and the park was closed for several hours afterward.
  • Relatives identified him as Stephen Queen of Tranmere and remembered him as a devoted dad and passionate environmentalist nearing an environmental science career.