1 dead, 1 injured in jet ski crash in north Australia

SYDNEY, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A man has died and a woman has been injured in a jet ski crash in northern Australia.

Police in the state of Queensland said that the 56-year-old man and 60-year-old woman were riding on a jet ski on the Barron River near the city of Cairns, over 1,300 km north of Brisbane, when they crashed into mangroves at around 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday.

The riders, both locals, were