A British backpacker who had jumped off a waterfall in Australia drowned after his friends piled into the water on top of him, a coroner has ruled.
Charlie Williams, from Buckinghamshire, was backpacking to pursue his dream of becoming a musician and DJ, an inquest in Beaconsfield was told.
The 24-year-old rugby player had been at Behana Gorge swimming hole, south of Cairns in Queensland, on April 10 with friends he had met at a nearby hostel. He jumped in at about 5pm.
Nerida Wilson, the northern coroner for Queensland, said in a report: “The others followed Charlie a split second behind him and landed on top of him. When the others came to the surface, they noticed that Charlie was not there.”
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