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| Tourist walks off Australia pier while checking Facebook | Tourist walks off Australia pier while checking Facebook |
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| A Taiwanese tourist had to be rescued after accidentally walking off a pier in the Australian city of Melbourne while checking her Facebook page. | A Taiwanese tourist had to be rescued after accidentally walking off a pier in the Australian city of Melbourne while checking her Facebook page. |
| The woman tumbled from St Kilda's pier into Port Phillip Bay late on Monday night. | The woman tumbled from St Kilda's pier into Port Phillip Bay late on Monday night. |
| Police were alerted to the incident by a witness and rescued her in a speedboat after about 20 minutes. | Police were alerted to the incident by a witness and rescued her in a speedboat after about 20 minutes. |
| The woman, who apologised, was taken to hospital for observation but police said she was fine. | The woman, who apologised, was taken to hospital for observation but police said she was fine. |
| Senior Constable Dean Kelly of the water police said officers found her floating metres from the pier. | Senior Constable Dean Kelly of the water police said officers found her floating metres from the pier. |
| "She was still out in the water laying on her back in a floating position because she told us later that she couldn't swim," the Australian Broadcasting Corporation quoted him as saying. | "She was still out in the water laying on her back in a floating position because she told us later that she couldn't swim," the Australian Broadcasting Corporation quoted him as saying. |
| "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'." | "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'." |
| Constable Kelly called on people to pay more attention when using social media around water. | Constable Kelly called on people to pay more attention when using social media around water. |
| Victoria police, meanwhile, said in a statement that there was no need for a lost property report because the woman "kept hold of her mobile phone throughout the entire ordeal". | Victoria police, meanwhile, said in a statement that there was no need for a lost property report because the woman "kept hold of her mobile phone throughout the entire ordeal". |
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