Woman, 60 tackles croc to rescue man from its jaws

A 60-year-old woman jumped onto the back of a 14 foot crocodile, tackling it to free a man trapped in its jaws.

The huge reptile grabbed the 34-year-old man as he slept in a tent with his wife at a remote Camp Melville beach campsite in northern Queensland, said Ben Mitchell from the Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR) Coordination Centre.

The saltwater crocodile entered the tent early in the morning and dragged the man outside, Mitchell said yesterday.