Joshua ParociAn Australian detective who drowned during a rafting trip on the Shotover River was only about a metre from being pulled to safety when he lost grip of a safety rope. In her findings released today, coroner Heather McKenzie said Mr Paroci’s group was on one of three rafts on the Queenstown Rafting trip when it flipped over. Although his five friends were retrieved, Mr Paroci began experiencing difficulty after a safety rope was thrown to him. As he was pulled to the river bank, he let go of the rope about a metre from safety and floated downstream. Mr Paroci’s death was an accident, and no party was to blame, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 27, 2022 06:17 UTC