Irwin ‘stabbed hundreds of times by stingray’

The cameraman who witnessed the death of Australian “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin has revealed a stingray stabbed at him “hundreds of times” and his final words were “I’m dying.”

The television personality and conservationist, who became world famous for his daring stunts with dangerous animals, died aged 44 in 2006 while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland.

Justin Lyons was the cameraman at the time and shot video of the tragic death, which was later handed to Irwin’s widow Terri and has never been aired.