Stupidity at its best!

[lisa jones]

Fatal Qld balcony fall linked to planking

A man who plunged to his death from a Brisbane unit balcony was planking, and police fear it will not be the last death due to the new craze.

Planking involves participants lying flat on their stomach in different and sometimes dangerous settings and sharing photographs of their efforts with fellow plankers.

The man, aged in his early 20s, fell from an inner city unit block in Kangaroo Point's Main Street and died at the scene shortly before 4.30am (AEST) on Sunday.

Deputy Commissioner Ross Barnett told reporters the man had been trying to lie on the balcony rail when he fell.


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