HORROR PLUNGE

Tourist Dies After Plunging Off 600-Foot Cliff in Paradise

Authorities have described the woman’s death as “just tremendously sad.”

An Australian woman has died after plunging off a 600 foot cliff at a popular tourist resort in Bali. Authorities identified Brianna Lani Cronin, 29, as the dead person at Penida Island in the district of Klungklung, about 600 miles southeast of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, on Saturday morning. A spokesperson for the local police said that a lifeguard first noticed someone stranded at the top of the cliff at around 8 a.m. She fell as they were organizing further help and was dead by the time emergency services attended the scene, suffering multiple injuries as the result of hitting the rockface on the way down. David Crisafulli, Premier of Cronin’s native Queensland in Australia, described her death as “just tremendously sad.” He said she had been “a young woman on the trip of a lifetime, active, enjoying herself.” A spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affaris and Trade said Cronin’s family is receiving assistance. “We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time.”