Rock climbers have been left traumatised after watching on in horror as a teenager fell to his death at a popular mountain range.
The 18-year-old man fell while climbing Mt Ngungun, the sixth-tallest peak in the Glass House Mountains in Queensland s Sunshine Coast hinterland, on Saturday.
The Queensland Ambulance Service said he suffered critical injuries after plunging 40 metres about midday.
An 18-year-old has died after falling 40metres at Mt Ngungun in in Queensland s Sunshine Coast hinterland on Saturday (pictured, the recue operation)
Sunshine Coast Senior Sergeant Jimmy Driver said it was a harrowing incident witnessed by others.
He said the coordinator of a nearby rock climbing group provided first aid to the man before paramedics arrived.
Brisbane rock climber, 18, who fell to his death on Sunshine Coast mountain was experienced
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