Tourist steps off pier while checking Facebook

Thursday, 18 Dec, 2013 0

A tourist had to be rescued after walking off an Australian pier while checking Facebook.

The woman from Taiwan tumbled from St Kilda’s pier into Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne on Monday night.

Police were alerted to the incident by a witness and rescued her in a speedboat after about 20 minutes.

Senior Constable Dean Kelly of the water police said officers found her floating metres from the pier.

"She still had her mobile phone in her hand and initially she apologised… she said ‘I was checking my Facebook page on the phone and I’ve fallen in’."



 

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