Police say Irwin didn't provoke stingray - New Zealand Herald

Wednesday September 6, 2006 By Nick Squires SYDNEY - Australian police have scotched speculation that Steve Irwin was in any way responsible for his own death, insisting yesterday that he did not intimidate or provoke the stingray that speared him in the heart. Marine biologists and other experts had said an unprovoked attack by a ray was highly unlikely, but it emerged that it was extraordinary bad luck, rather than a prod or a poke, that caused the death of the Crocodile Hunter. Film footage ...