Former Australian cricketer and highly acclaimed all-rounder of his time, Andrew Symonds died in a tragic car accident on Sunday. The news has been confirmed by Queensland Police.
Symonds is the third Australian cricketer after the tragic deaths of Shane Warne and Rob Marsh, who passed away this year.
symonds He was 46 when he died in a car accident on Hervey Range Road near the Ellis River Bridge in Queensland, Australia. Andrew Symonds was one of only three Australian players to achieve the double score of 5000+ runs and 100+ wickets.
In the latest news about the death of the former Australian cricketer, a witness has revealed that he and his partner made desperate efforts to save Symonds’ life after the couple found the cricketer nearly two minutes after the accident.
She also revealed that both of Symonds’ dogs were also in the car, both of whom survived.
“One of them was very sensitive and didn’t want to leave him,” she said, as quoted by Australia’s Courier Mail. “Every time we try to move or approach him it just growls at you.”
She further revealed that her partner tried to save Symonds, but didn’t make sense. “My partner tried to get (Symonds) out of the car, to put him on his back. He was unconscious, not reactive and had no pulse.”
An inspector also said there was no suggestion of alcohol being involved, and learned that local residents were at the scene when paramedics arrived.
“I think they provided the help they could at the time and called 000 more emergency services,” he said.
Symonds is the third Australian cricketer to have died suddenly this year, following the tragic deaths of Shane Warne and Rod Marsh in March.
Symonds played 26 Tests for Australia, and won the ODI World Cup twice, in 2003 and 2007. The all-rounder was an integral part of Australia’s white-ball sides that dominated the world between 1999 and 2007.