Australian reporter Richard Carleton dies at mine disaster scene

Posted: Sunday, May 7th, 2006 1:35 am

Veteran Nine Network reporter Richard Carleton has died after suffering a suspected heart attack at Tasmania’s Beaconsfield gold mine this afternoon.

Carleton collapsed shortly after asking a question at a news conference about 1pm. Members of the media began performing chest compressions as an ambulance crew arrived. … Read full obituary