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A teenager has died after being stung by a box jelly fish while fishing in Cape York in Queensland.

The 17-year-old was swimming at Patterson Point, near Bamaga, in Cape York in Far North Queensland on Febru...

Australian teen dies after box jellyfish sting

The boy was stung on 22 February, before being rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care. Police in Queensland confirmed the teenager died in hospital on Monday and that a report would be prepared by the coroner. The box jellyfish has been called "the world's most venomous creature". They possess millions of harpoon-like microscopic stinging cells on their tentacles that can lock peoples' hearts into a contracted state. The death is the 79th box jellyfish fatality since Australia began keeping records in the late 1800s. The last recorded death was in 2006 and also occurred at Bamaga in ...

Story highlights The 17-year-old teenager died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish while swimming at a beach at Patterson Point, near Bamaga A teenager in Queensland's western Cape York has died from a jellyfish sting in the first fatality in 15 years. The 17-year-old teenager died a week after being stung by a box jellyfish while swimming at a beach at Patterson Point, near Bamaga, on 22 February. Royal Flying Doctor Service's spokesman said a team flew from Cairns and stabilised the teenager before transferring him to Townsville hospital’s intensive care unit. The teenager�...