Whitewater rafting guide dies following incident on Shotover RiverOliver Lewis/Stuff A rescue helicopter lands near the Queenstown Rafting base on the Shotover River to pick up St John paramedics after reports a rafting guide had been receiving CPR. A whitewater rafting guide has died after his raft overturned on a remote stretch of the Shotover River, near Queenstown. Emergency services were called at 11.24am on Friday after reports a Queenstown Rafting guide needed medical help. He was with a group rafting near Toilet Rapids, about 4 kilometres upstream from the Queenstown Rafting and Shotover Jet bases, when the incident happened, police said. OLIVER LEWIS/STUFF A helicopter collects paramedics to take them to the Toilet rapid on the Shotover River where a rafting guide has been receiving CPR.

Source: Stuff March 22, 2018 23:19 UTC