Avalanche kills ‘Australian’ skier
Posted by te2ataria on August 10, 2015
Heli-skier killed by avalanche near Queenstown
A 58 year-old man, believed to be an Australian national, was killed by an avalanche near the Devil’s Staircase (!) at around 2.45pm today (10 August 2015).
The cause of his death is unknown at this time, and it has been referred to the coroner, police said.
Police also said they are working to advise the next of kin. No further details are available at this time.
Peter said
I take my hat off to you guys. You’re extremely well informed.
After reading this post, I checked the kiwi police website, the search engines and all of the “news media” across the region, but no one knew the nationality of the deceased.
I had to wait until today for a confirmation from the kiwi cops:
“Police can now confirm the 58 year-old man who died after being pulled from avalanche debris yesterday as Roger Greville of Sydney, Australia.”
te2ataria said
We’d like to stay a few clicks ahead of the pack!