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Woman fell from pier while browsing Facebook

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MELBOURNE, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Australian rescuers said a woman fished out of a bay fell from a pier while browsing Facebook on her cellphone.

Melbourne said witnesses told officers the tourist was engrossed in her cellphone around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and they determined she had been browsing Facebook when she took a wrong step on the St. Kilda pier and plunged into Port Phillip Bay, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.

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The woman was fished from the water about 65 feet from the pier. She was still clutching her phone, police said.

The woman was taken to a local hospital to be checked out.

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