Students' deaths highlight risks of river crossings

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Students' deaths highlight risks of river crossings - coroner

Two Otago University students drowned while trying to cross the swollen Makarora River, a coroner has ruled.

Fourth year pharmacy student Kevin Lee, 22, and French exchange student Ashwini Rasiwala, 20, died while tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mt Aspiring National Park together on February 6, 2020.

Rasiwala’s body was found in the Makarora River the next day, and Lee’s body was found nearby a day after that.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132411250/students-deaths-highlight-risks-of-river-crossings--coroner