A woman has been found dead on a mountain on the Sunshine Coast just hours after she was heard screaming for help.
Police were called to the base of Mount Tibrogargan about 8.40am on Thursday after reports of a woman screaming for help.
The woman was found about 10.30am after officers began searching on foot.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Mount Tibrogargan is located in the Glass House Mountains, on the Sunshine Coast, about 70km north of Brisbane.
It rises to 364metres above sea level, making it the third‑highest of the Glass House Mountains after Mount Beerwah and Mount Coonowrin.
It is a popular spot for hikers and bushwalkers from Australia and overseas.
It comes just weeks after two teenagers died in a hiking accident on Mount Beerwah on March 15, following reports the pair had fallen between 50metres and 100metres.
A woman has been found dead on a mountain on the Sunshine Coast (pictured) just hours after she was heard screaming for help
An 18-year-old Brisbane woman, identified as Lorielle Georgina, died at the scene
Jack Thatcher, 18, was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition but tragically could not be saved
An 18-year-old Brisbane woman, identified as Lorielle Georgina, died at the scene.
Jack Thatcher, 18, was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition but tragically could not be saved.
‘Jack was injured while simply enjoying his life in the great outdoors with his friends,’ one family friend wrote on a GoFundMe page.
‘Jack’s spirit, his sense of adventure and the joy he brought to others is being felt so strongly through the stories, messages and memories being shared.’
The campaign, which has raised $62,500 so far, will help ease the financial pressure on Mr Thatcher’s family while they grieve.
Lorielle’s sister was the girlfriend of Mr Thatcher and was with the hiking group and rescued during the incident without injury, ABC News reports.
‘No words can describe the loss of a loved one,’ the organiser wrote in an update. ‘But through each and every donation you are providing the quiet support this family needs.’
