Article 5Z8ZD Man wrestles free from freshwater crocodile at remote Queensland waterfall

Man wrestles free from freshwater crocodile at remote Queensland waterfall

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Man lucky to have escaped with his life' after reptile latched on to his arm while swimming in the gorge at Adel's Grove

A man has been airlifted to hospital after wrestling himself free from a crocodile that latched on to his arm at a waterfall in remote north-west Queensland.

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter flew the man from Lawn Hill national park to a Mount Isa hospital where he remains in a stable condition with puncture wounds to his arm, hands and leg.

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