Louise had written about these risks in a blog posted less than a month before her death. She had navigated this section of the river without incident numerous times that summer, including just four days earlier. He finally reached the point in the river where he thought Louise had been ejected. Her body was still ensnared on the log when a rescue team was deployed the next morning, after the river level had lowered. “I was very strong when I spoke at the coroner’s court to say that we didn’t want that section of river closed off.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 20, 2017 04:29 UTC