Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The daughter of an 80-year-old woman left behind by a cruise ship on an Australian island said Thursday that her mother died due to a lack of "care and common sense."
Suzanne Rees, of New South Wales, was found dead on Lizard Island on Sunday morning, hours after the Coral Adventurer cruise ship departed the island without her.
The ship, operated by Coral Expeditions, was on the second day of a 60-day cruise around Australia. Lizard Island was the trip's first stop.
During the excursion, the woman left with a group to attempt to climb the island's tallest mount, Cook's Look, the BBC reported. She felt ill during the climb and separated from the climbing group to rest. She never rejoined.
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