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Australians fall from cliff top near Dubrovnik, Croatia: Man and woman rushed to hospital after incident in Pile
Woman in ‘critical’ condition after fall
Her ‘serious’ male companion after surgery
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An Australian couple are fighting for their lives after falling off a cliff late at night at a seaside tourist attraction in Croatia.
A 34-year-old man underwent emergency surgery and his 26-year-old girlfriend is in critical condition in intensive care after the incident at a medieval cliff-top fortress in Pile, near Dubrovnik.
The man is listed as being in serious condition.
The area is popular with tourists, who flock to visit Fort Lovrijenac, where Game of Thrones was filmed.
The accident happened at 2.30am on Saturday morning as the couple leaned against a wall and fell five meters.
Two Australians are hospitalized in Croatia after falling five meters on a popular tourist attraction near Dubrovnik
Witnesses told local police the incident happened when one of the two men was leaning against the other. Australian weekend reported.
Dubrovnik-Neretva police claimed the couple were intoxicated at the time and both had high blood alcohol levels.
The woman’s reading was 0.3 while the man’s was 0.21.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for comment.